4-11. You are given the following information: Stockholders' equity = $1,250; price/earnings ratio = 5; shares outstanding = 25; market/book ratio = 1.5. Calculate the market price of a share of the company's stock. a) $ 33.33 b) $ 75.00 c) $ 10.00 d)$166.67 e) $133.32 4-12. A firm has a profit margin of 15 perce
16-1 Schweser Satellites Inc. produces satellite earth stations that sell for $100,000 each. The firm's fixed costs, F, are $2 million; 50 earth stations are produced and sold each year; profits total $500,000; and the firm's assets (all equity financed) are $5 million. The firm estimates that it can change its production proc
What advantages do compensating balances have for banks? Are the advantages to banks necessarily disadvantages to corporations?
A man borrows $30,000 to purchase a car. He agrees to pay $1000 per month. If the interest rate is 12% compounded monthly. a. How many regular payments of $1000 is necessary to pay off the loan? b. What is the size of the last payment? Show all of your work.
1) A firm's profit margin is 10% and its asset turnover ratio is .6. It has no debt, has net income of $10 per share, and pays dividends of $4 per share. What is the sustainable growth rate? 2) A bank loan has a quoted annual rate of 6%. However, the borrower must maintain a balance of 25% of the amount of the loan, and the
BE2-19 Porter Company signed a lease for an office building for a period of 10 years. Under the lease agreement, a security deposit of $10,000 is made. The deposit will be returned at the expiration of the lease with interest compounded at 5% per year. What amount will Porter receive at the time the lease expires?
A bank offers two types of interest accounts. The first account receives 8% interest compounded quarterly. The second account receives 6% interest compounded continuously. Which account is better and why?
4. What are the underlying concepts behind time value of money?
3) Would you rather have a hundred dollars today or a hundred dollars a year from now? Why?
Instructions Using whatever data you believe appropriate, prepare a multiple-step income statement for the Pratt Department Store for the year ended December 31, 2000. Multiple-Step Income Statement Below is a partial listing of the adjusted account balances of the Pratt Department Store at year-end on December 31, 2
Problem P5-3A Gitler Department Store is located near the Village Shopping Mall. At the end of the company's fiscal year on December 31, 2002, the following accounts appeared in two of its trial balances: Account title Unadjusted Adjusted Account title Unadjusted Adjusted Accounts pa
You win the Zillion Dollar Lottery. Starting in 1 Year, you will receive$500,000 annually for 20 years. The states lottery commission has just enough in an account of 15% compounded annually to pay this annuity. How much money is in it today?] A treasury bill has a maturity value of $10,000 5 years from now. If I receive 5% i
The theory of interest rate parity states that the annual percentage differential in the forward market for a currency quated in terms of another currency is equal to the approximate difference in _______ prevailing in the two countries a. interest rates b. trade deficit rates c. GNP growth rates
Morseby Inc. produces and sells voltage regulators. On July 1,2002, Morseby Inc. issued $8,000,000 of ten year , 11% bonds at an effective interest rate of 10%. Interest on the bonds is payable semiannually on December 31 and June 30. The fiscal year for the company is the calender year. 1. Journalize the entry
A bank offers a corporate client a choice between borrowing cash at 11% per annum and borrowing gold at 2% per annum. (If gold is borrowed, interest must be repaid in gold. Thus, 100 ounces borrowed today would require 102 ounces to be repaid in one years time.) The risk-free interest rate is 9.25% per annum and storage costs ar
Using the following data, calculated the fixed-rate payer's first two net quarterly payments/receipts for a hypothetical rate swap described below: Notional Principal $10 million Fixed Rate 7.0% Days in first quarter 91 Days in second quarter 92 Current LIBOR (LIBOR0) 5.0% Expected LIBOR (LIBOR1) 5.3% Expected LI
What would be the swap fixed rate (SFR) for a plain vanilla, two-year interest rate swap, payments every six months beginning 07/01/0X, with the following assumptions/data: Swap initiation - January 1, 200X FRA1,0=2.221%; FRA1,1=2.258%; FRA1,2=2.322%; FRA1,3=2.388%;FRA1,4=2.520%;FRA1,5=2.632% (Read the notation, FRA1,0 as "si
Which of the following events is a financing activity to a company? A) Selling equipment B) Paying interest on a loan C) Paying off the principal portion of a loan D) Purchasing equipment Please select one of the answers stated above.
Explain simple interest with derivation of relevant formulae and a sample calculation.
Bill borrows $1000 at 5% compounded annually. He is able to establish a sinking fund to pay off the debt and interest in 7 years. The sinking fund will earn 8% compounded quarterly. What should be the size of the quarterly payments into the fund?
Mr. & Mrs. Corey are newlyweds and want to purchase a home, but they need a down payment of $10,000. If they want to buy their home in 2 years, how much should they save each month in their savings account that pays 3% per annum compounded monthly?
An employee gets paid at the end of each month and $60 is withheld from her paycheck for a retirement fund. The fund pays 1% per month (equivalent to 12% annually compounded monthly). What amount will be in the fund at the end of 30 months?
You place an order for 1,000 units of inventory at a price of $350 per unit. The supplier offers terms of 2/10, net 30. Answer the following questions about payment. a. If you take the full period to pay, how much should you remit? b. How soon must you pay to get the discount? c. What will be the amount of the di
Suppose that Peter invested $24 at a 5% interest rate. What would be the balance in his account after 5 years? 50 years?
What is the equation to compute loan payment for a multimonth car loan at a fixed interest?
Ying Import has several bond issuances outstanding, each making semiannual interest payments. The bonds are listed in table attached. If the corporate tax rate is 34%, what is the aftertax cost of Ying's debt? Coupon Price Face Bond Rate Quote Maturity Value 1 8.00% $106.38 5 years 10,000,000 2 7.50% $98.00 8 years 45,
PC, Inc., is trying to determine it's cost of debt. The firm has a debt issue outstanding with 7 years to maturity that is quoted at 87 percent of face value. The issue makes semiannual payments and has an embedded cost of 6.5% annually. What is PC's pretax cost of debt? If the tax rate is 38%, what is the aftertax cost of d
1. If a firm has issued bonds to help finance the company's expansion, why would market interest rate changes continue to be a concern for the company after the sale of bonds? 2. If you had your choice, would you choose equity or debt to finance your company's capital requirements? Defend your choice and include risk concepts
Prepare an amortization schedule for a 3-year loan of $40,000. The interest rate is 11 percent per year and the loan calls for equal annual payments. How much interest is paid in the third year? How much total interest is paid over the life of the loan?
Ricko buys a 90-day bank bill that will mature in 70 days for $98,600. Thirty days later, short-term interest rates fall to 6% pa and Ricko decides to sell the bill. If the bill has a face value of $100,000, determine (as an effective annual rate), the return that Ricko would have realized.