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FIN 370 Cash Flow Problem Sets (4-5,4-7,4-8,4-11,4-13)

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Property, plant, and equipment are what the company calls "fixed assets". Property, plant and equipment are assets that can not be easily converted into cash. These are basically items such as company car (used to deliver products), computers and copier machine, and freezer used for restaurants.6 percent in the second year. c. 5.5 percent in the third year. What would be the third year future value? 4-8 Compounding with Different Interest Rates A deposit of $750 earns interest rates of 9 percent in the first year and 12 percent in the second year. What would be the second year future value? (LG4-3) 4-11 Present Value What is the present value of a $1,500 payment made in nine years when the discount rate is 8 percent? (LG4-4) 4-13 Present Value with Different Discount Rates Compute the present value of $1,000 paid in three years using the following discount rates: 6 percent in the first year, 7 percent in the second year, and 8 percent in the third year. (LG4-4)

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1. What is “agency theory?” How can setting the appropriate goals for the firm minimize the agency problem?

2.Differentiate between profit maximization and wealth maximization.

3.Why must organizations focus on both shareholder wealth and the stakeholders?

4. Differentiate between the three financial statements with which managers should be familiar. How are they linked?

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The information from financial reports influences business decisions because it shows where the company stands. The managers use the information from the financial report compared to the current year from the previous year, whether the company growths or losses. It is very important for business managers to understand the information found on financial reports because the information from the financial reports enables business managers to see how to improve and keep the business afloat. It also gives business managers an insight what came in and went out and the total operating cost of the company as well as cutting cost in a certain areas. The information from the financial reports helps the manager manages the business accurately.Financial Profitability Coverage Liquidity As new capital budgeting projects arise, we must estimate__________. the cost of the stock being sold for the specific project when such projects will require cash flows the cost of the loan for the specific project the float costs for financing the project What’s the current yield of a 6 percent coupon corporate bond quoted at a price of 101.70? 6.1 percent 10.2 percent 6.0 percent 5.9 percent We call the process of earning interest on both the original deposit and on the earlier interest payments: computing. multiplying. compounding. discounting. Which financial statement reports a firm’s assets, liabilities, and equity at a particular point in time? Balance sheet Income statement Statement of retained earnings Statement of cash flows You are trying to pick the least-expensive machine for your company. You have two choices: machine A, which will cost $50,000 to purchase and which will have OCF of -$3,500 annually throughout the machine’s expected life of three years; and machine B, which will cost $75,000 to purchase and which will have OCF of -$4,900 annually throughout that machine’s four-year life. Both machines will be worthless at the end of their life. If you intend to replace whichever type of machine you choose with the same thing when its life runs out, again and again out into the foreseeable future, and if your business has a cost of capital of 14 percent, which one should you choose? Machine A Machine B Neither machine A nor B Both machines A and B When firms use multiple sources of capital, they

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need to calculate the appropriate discount rate for valuing their firm’s cash flows as__________. a simple average of the capital components costs a weighted average of the capital components costs a sum of the capital components costs they apply to each asset as they are purchased with their respective forms of debt or equity Which of these is used as a measure of the total amount of available cash flow from a project? Operating cash flow Investment in operating capital Free cash flow Sunk cash flow Which of these does NOT perform vital functions to securities markets of all sorts by channeling funds from those with surplus funds to those with shortages of funds? Secondary markets Mutual funds Insurance companies Commercial banks Will’s Wheels, Inc. reported a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65 times at the end of 2013. If the firm’s total debt at year-end was $5 million, how much equity does Will’s Wheels have? $7.69 million $5 million $0.65 million $3.25 million Which of these is the term for portfolios with the highest return possible for each risk level? Total portfolios Modern portfolios Optimal portfolios Efficient portfolios What are the tools available for the manager in financial planning? Delaying disbursement of cash, reducing collection period, cash management, and Increasing inventory turnover Reducing collection period and delaying disbursement of cash Increasing inventory turnover and reducing collection period Delaying disbursement of cash and cash management Suppose that Model Nails, Inc.’s capital structure features 60 percent equity, 40 percent debt, and that its before-tax cost of debt is 6 percent, while its cost of equity is 10 percent. If the appropriate weighted average tax rate is 28 percent, what will be Model Nails’ WACC? 7.73 percent 8.40 percent 8.00 percent 16.00 percent We commonly measure the risk-return relationship using which of the following? Coefficient of variation Standard deviation Expected returns Correlation coefficient Financial plans include which of the following?

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The main objective of generating financial information is providing useful information that can be used in decision-making... only if this information is relevant, reliable, comparable, and consistent, can it be useful for decision makers. (Kieso, 2003).

Relevance gives a basis for making decisions that will impact the future of a business, and it confirms and corrects expectations from the past. If the information makes a difference in making decisions, it is relevant.

Offering early payment discounts to customers will tend to increase the cash cycle. Precise Machinery is analyzing a proposed project. The company expects to sell 2100 units give or take 5 percent. The expected variable cost per unit is $260 and the expected fixed costs are $589,000. Cost estimates are considered accurate within a plus or minus 4 percent range. The depreciation expense is $129,000. The sales price is estimated at $750 per unit, give or take 2 percent. The tax rate is 35 percent. The company is conducting a sensitivity analysis on the sales price using a sales price estimate of $755. What is the operating cash flow based on this analysis? $86,675 $354,874 $368,015 $293,089 $337,975 You are doing some comparison shopping. Five stores offer the product you want at basically the same price but with differing credit terms. Which one of these terms is best-suited to you if you plan to forgo the discount? 2/10, net 30 2/5, net 30 2/5, net 20 1/10, net 45 1/5, net 15 The plowback ratio is: The dollar increase in net income divided by the

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dollar increase in sales. Equal to net income divided by the change in total equity. Equal to one minus the retention ratio. The change in retained earnings divided by the dividends paid. The percentage of net income available to the firm to fund future growth. Which one of the following is the financial statement that summarizes a firm’s revenue and expenses over a period of time? Statement of cash flows Market value report Tax reconciliation statement Balance sheet Income statement Kelly’s Corner Bakery purchased a lot in Oil City six years ago at a cost of $278000. Today, that lot has a market value of $264,000. At the time of the purchase, the company spent $6,000 to level the lot and another $8,000 to install storm drains. The company now wants to build a new facility on that site. The building cost is estimated at $1.03 million. What amount should be used as the initial cash flow for this project? -$1,294,000 -$1,322,000 -$1,045,000 -$1,308,000 -$1,308,000 Webster United is paying a dividend of $1.32 per share today. There are 350,000 shares outstanding with a market price of $22.40 per share prior to the dividend payment. Ignore taxes. Before the dividend, the company had earnings per share of $1.68. As a result of this dividend, the: Retained earnings will decrease by $350,000. Earnings per share will increase to $3. Total firm value will not change. Price-earnings ratio will be 12.55. Retained earnings will increase by $462,000. The common stock of Dayton Repair sells for $43.19 a share. The stock is expected to pay $2.28 per share next year when the annual dividend is distributed. The firm has established a pattern of increasing its dividends by 2.15 percent annually and expects to continue doing so. What is the market rate of return on this stock? 7.67 percent 7.59 percent 7.43 percent 7.14 percent 7.28 percent Which one of the following should earn the most risk premium based on CAPM? Diversified portfolio with returns similar to the overall market. Stock with a beta of 1.38. Portfolio with a beta of 1.01. U.S. Treasury bill. Stock with a beta of 0.74. Which one of these actions will increase the operating cycle? Assume all else held constant. Decreasing the receivables turnover rate. Decreasing the payables period. Decreasing the average inventory level. Increasing the payables period. Increasing the inventory turnover rate. Oil Wells offers 6.5 percent coupon bonds with semiannual payments and a yield to maturity

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of 6.94 percent. The bonds mature in seven years. What is the market price per bond if the face value is $1,000? $902.60 $996.48 $913.48 $989.70 $975.93 Three Corners Markets paid an annual dividend of $1.37 a share last month. Today, the company announced that future dividends will be increasing by 2.8 percent annually. If you require a return of 11.6 percent, how much are you willing to pay to purchase one share of this stock today? $16.67 $16.00 $18.23 $17.68 $15.57 Which one of the following is a source of cash? Granting credit to a customer Purchase of inventory Acquisition of debt Payment to a supplier Repurchase of common stock Nadine’s Home Fashions has $2.12 million in net working capital. The firm has fixed assets with a book value of $31.64 million and a market value of $33.9 million. The firm has no long-term debt. The Home Centre is buying Nadine’s for $37.5 million in cash. The acquisition will be recorded using the purchase accounting method. What is the amount of goodwill that The Home Centre will record on its balance sheet as a result of this acquisition? $5.86 million $3.34 million $4.14 million $1.48 million $3.74 million Chelsea Fashions is expected to pay an annual dividend of $1.10 a share next year. The market price of the stock is $21.80 and the growth rate is 4.5 percent. What is the firm’s cost of equity? 9.55 percent 10.54 percent 9.24 percent 7.91 percent 9.77 percent Operating leverage is the degree of dependence a firm places on its: Depreciation tax shield. Variable costs. Fixed costs. Operating cash flows. Sales. Phillips Equipment has 75,000 bonds outstanding that are selling at par. Bonds with similar characteristics are yielding 7.5 percent. The company also has 750,000 shares of 6 percent preferred stock and 2.5 million shares of common stock outstanding. The preferred stock sells for $64 a share. The common stock has a beta of 1.21 and sells for $44 a share. The U.S. Treasury bill is yielding 2.3 percent and the return on the market is 11.2 percent. The corporate tax rate is 34 percent. What is the firm’s weighted average cost of capital? 11.56 percent 11.30 percent 11.18 percent 10.64 percent 9.69 percent Andy deposited $3,000 this morning into an account that pays 5 percent interest, compounded annually. Barb also deposited $3,000 this morning into an account that pays 5 percent interest, compounded annually. Andy will withdraw his interest earnings

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and spend it as soon as possible. Barb will reinvest her interest earnings into her account. Given this, which one of the following statements is true? Barb will earn more interest the second year than Andy. Barb will earn more interest the first year than Andy will. Andy will earn compound interest. Andy will earn more interest in year three than Barb will. After five years, Andy and Barb will both have earned the same amount of interest. When utilizing the percentage of sales approach, managers: 1. Estimate company sales based on a desired level of net income and the current profit margin. 2. Consider only those assets that vary directly with sales. III. Consider the current production capacity level. 1. Can project both net income and net cash flows. III and IV only I, III, and IV only II and III only II, III, and IV only I and II only You are comparing two investment options that each pay 6 percent interest compounded annually. Both options will provide you with $12000 of income. Option A pays $2,000 the first year followed by two annual payments of $5,000 each. Option B pays three annual payments of $4,000 each. Which one of the following statements is correct given these two investment options? Assume a positive discount rate. Option B is a perpetuity. Option B has a higher present value at time zero. Both options are of equal value since they both provide $12,000 of income. Option A has the higher future value at the end of year three. Option A is an annuity. The condition stating that the interest rate differential between two countries is equal to the percentage difference between the forward exchange rate and the spot exchange rate is called: Uncovered interest rate parity. The unbiased forward rates condition. Purchasing power parity. Interest rate parity. The international Fisher effect. The Dry Dock is considering a project with an initial cost of $118400. The project’s cash inflows for years 1 through 3 are $37200, $54600 and $46900, respectively. What is the IRR of this project? 8.42 percent 7.48 percent 8.56 percent 8.04 percent 8.22 percent The 7 percent bonds issued by Modern Kitchens pay interest semiannually mature in eight years and have a $1000 face value. Currently, the bonds sell for $1,032. What is the yield to maturity? 7.20 percent 6.87 percent 6.48 percent 6.92 percent 6.08 percent Al invested $7200 in an account that pays 4 percent simple interest. How much

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money will he have at the end of five years? $8,678 $8,710 $8,299 $8,056 $8,640 All of the following represent potential gains from an acquisition except the: Use of surplus funds. Tax loss carryovers acquired in the acquisition. Obtainment of a beachhead. Diseconomies of scale related to increased labor demand. Lower costs per unit realized. Fresno Salads has current sales of $6000 and a profit margin of 6.5 percent. The firm estimates that sales will increase by 4 percent next year and that all costs will vary in direct relationship to sales. What is the pro forma net income? $438.70 $327.18 $405.60 $303.33 $441.10 A news flash just appeared that caused about a dozen stocks to suddenly drop in value by 20 percent. What type of risk does this news flash best represent? Market Unsystematic Portfolio Total Non-diversifiable Which one of the following terms is defined as the mixture of a firm’s debt and equity financing? Cash management Cost analysis Working Capital Management Capital Structure Capital budgeting George and Pat just made an agreement to exchange currencies based on today’s exchange rate. Settlement will occur tomorrow. Which one of the following is the exchange rate that applies to this agreement? Forward exchange rate Triangle rate Cross rate Current rate Spot exchange rate

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The information on the budget is a great tool to be used for evaluation performances. The flexible budget can be used for monthly comparison purposes. Also during the process that management is identifying the activity index and the range of activity it will allow them to see the cost of direct labor hours for that budget period.

• Ch. 1: Questions 3 & 11 (Concepts Review and Critical Thinking Questions section) • Ch. 2: Questions 4 & 9 (Questions and Problems section): Microsoft® Excel® template provided for Problem 4. • Ch. 3: Questions 4 & 7 (Question and Problems section) • Ch. 4: Questions 1 & 6 (Questions and Problems section): Microsoft® Excel® template provided for Problem 6. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines if submitting in Microsoft® Word. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. Ch. 1: Questions 3 & 11 (Concepts Review and Critical Thinking Questions section) 3. Corporations [LO3] What is the primary disadvantage of the corporate form of organization? Name at least two advantages of corporate organization. 11. Goal of the Firm [LO2] Evaluate the following statement: Managers should not focus on the current stock value because doing so will lead to an overemphasis on short-term profits at the expense of long-term profits. Ch. 2: Questions 4 & 9 (Questions and Problems section): Microsoft® Excel® template provided for Problem 4. Building an Income Statement [LO1] Billy’s Exterminators, Inc., has sales of $817,000, costs of $343,000, depreciation expense of $51,000, interest expense of $38,000, and a tax rate of 35 percent. What is the net income for this firm? 3. Dividends and Retained Earnings [LO1] Suppose the firm in Problem 2 paid out $95,000 in cash dividends. What is the addition to retained earnings? 4. Per-Share Earnings and Dividends [LO1] Suppose the firm in Problem 3 had 90,000 shares of common stock outstanding. What is

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the earnings per share, or EPS, figure? What is the dividends per share figure? 9. Calculating Additions to NWC [LO4] The 2014 balance sheet of Steelo, Inc., showed current assets of $4,630 and current liabilities of $2,190. The 2015 balance sheet showed current assets of $5,180 and current liabilities of $2,830. What was the company’s 2015 change in net working capital, or NWC? • Ch. 3: Questions 4 & 7 (Question and Problems section) 4. Calculating Inventory Turnover [LO2] The Green Corporation has ending inventory of $417,381, and cost of goods sold for the year just ended was $4,682,715. What is the inventory turnover? The days’ sales in inventory? How long on average did a unit of inventory sit on the shelf before it was sold? 7. DuPont Identity [LO4] If Roten Rooters, Inc., has an equity multiplier of 1.15, total asset turnover of 2.10, and a profit margin of 6.1 percent, what is its ROE? Ch. 4: Questions 1 & 6 (Questions and Problems section): Microsoft® Excel® template provided for Problem 6. 1. Pro Forma Statements [LO1] Consider the following simplified financial statements for the Yoo Corporation (assuming no income taxes): 6. Calculating Internal Growth [LO3] The most recent financial statements for Schenkel Co. are shown here: Assets and costs are proportional to sales. Debt and equity are not. The company maintains a constant 30 percent dividend payout ratio. What is the internal growth rate?

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Level or volume of activity is the activity that causes change or behavior when it comes to the cost. Unit selling Price is the cost for the product basically how much each unit is selling for. The Variable Cost per unit is something that can change depending on the activity. The total fixed cost does stay the same as activities change but differ per unit. The Sales mix is basically what the name says. It’s a mixture of sale items when more than one product sold the sales will remain the consistent. Present Value Compute the present value of a $2,000 deposit in year 1 and another $1,500 deposit at the end of year 3 if interest rates are 10 percent. 5-7 Present Value of an Annuity What’s the present value of a $900 annuity payment over five years if interest rates are 8 percent? 5-12 Present Value of an Annuity Due If the present value of an ordinary, 6-year annuity is $8,500 and interest rates are 9.5 percent, what’s the present value of the same annuity due? 5-15Effective Annual Rate A loan is offered with monthly payments and a 10 percent APR. What’s the loan’s effective annual rate (EAR)? 5-39 Loan Payments You wish to buy a $25,000 car. The dealer offers you a 4-year loan with a 9 percent APR. What are the monthly payments? How would the payment differ if you paid interest only? What would the consequences of such a decision be?

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The differences between managerial accounting and financial accounting are distinct. Managerial accounting reports are for those in managerial and decision making positions. The managers use the financial report to answer questions, which would advance the company and its employees. The manager would want to know if certain investments should be made and should the company advance an employee's salary. The manager needs the report to decide if a factory is built or if a certain stock is brought. The financial accountant has the job of showing the external users such as creditors and stockholders a picture of the company's stability.

What is “agency theory?” How can setting the appropriate goals for the firm minimize the agency problem? 2. Differentiate between profit maximization and wealth maximization. 3. Why must organizations focus on both shareholder wealth and the stakeholders? 4.

Differentiate between the three financial statements with which managers should be familiar. How are they linked?

FIN 370 Week 2 Financial Markets and Institutions Report (2 Papers)

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This Tutorial contains 2 Papers FIN 370 Week 2 Financial Markets and Institutions Report Create a 1,050-word report, and include the following: • In a business, a budget helps a business make good decisions because they are used by the company to plan for future events and coordinate the events and duties in the company. They also gives objectives used to evaluate the performance of the company on each level which can help to make future decisions that will not hurt the company based on the projected objectives. • Differentiate between primary and secondary markets. •Differentiate between money and capital markets. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

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I never once took into consideration profit, sales, revenue, and balance sheets also being included with accounting. There is so much more involved with accounting, and had I not taken this course I would have never known. Accounting is a very important part of running a business. I feel that it is imperative to all people thinking of opening a business should take some type of accounting class to become more aware of how to run the accounting part of a business. • Ch. 11: Questions 1 & 7 (Questions and Problems section) Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines if submitting in Microsoft® Word. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. • Ch. 9: Questions 7 & 8 (Questions and Problems section) 7. Calculating IRR [LO5] A firm evaluates all of its projects by applying the IRR rule. If the required return is 14 percent, should the firm accept the following project? 8. Calculating NPV [LO1] For the cash flows in the previous problem, suppose the firm uses the NPV decision rule. At a required return of 11 percent, should the firm accept this project? What if the required return is 24 percent? • Ch. 10: Questions 3 & 13 (Questions and Problems section) 3. Calculating Projected Net Income [LO1] A proposed new investment has projected sales of $635,000. Variable costs are 44 percent of sales, and fixed costs are $193,000; depreciation is $54,000. Prepare a pro forma income statement assuming a tax rate of 35 percent. What is the projected net income? 13. Project Evaluation [LO1] Dog Up! Franks is looking at a new sausage system with an installed cost of $540,000. This cost will be depreciated straight-line to zero over the project’s five-year life, at the end of which the sausage system can be scrapped for $80,000. The sausage system will save the firm $170,000 per year in pretax operating costs, and the system requires an initial investment in net working capital of $29,000. If the tax rate is 34 percent

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and the discount rate is 10 percent, what is the NPV of this project? • Ch. 11: Questions 1 & 7 (Questions and Problems section) 1. Calculating Costs and Break-Even [LO3] Night Shades, Inc. (NSI), manufactures biotech sunglasses. The variable materials cost is $9.64 per unit, and the variable labor cost is $8.63 per unit. a. What is the variable cost per unit? b. Suppose NSI incurs fixed costs of $915,000 during a year in which total production is 215,000 units. What are the total costs for the year? c. If the selling price is $39.99 per unit, does NSI break even on a cash basis? If depreciation is $465,000 per year, what is the accounting break-even point? 7. Calculating Break-Even [LO3] In each of the following cases, calculate the accounting break-even and the cash break-even points. Ignore any tax effects in calculating the cash break-even.

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According to the FASB website the mission of the FASB is to establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting that foster financial reporting by nongovernmental entities that provides decision-

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useful information to investors and other users of financial reports. Since 1973, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has been the designated organization in the private sector for establishing standards of financial accounting that govern the preparation of financial reports by nongovernmental entities

• Ch. 5: Questions 3 & 4 (Question and Problems section): Microsoft® Excel® templates provided for Problems 3 and 4 • •

Ch. 6: Questions 2 & 20 (Questions and Problems section) • •Ch. 7: Questions 3 &11 (Questions and Problems section) • •Ch. 8: Questions 1 & 6 (Questions and Problems section):

Microsoft® Excel® template provided for Problem 6 Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines if submitting in Microsoft® Word. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. Ch. 5: Questions 3 & 4 (Question and Problems section): 3. Calculating Present Values [LO2] For each of the following, compute the present value: 4. Calculating Interest Rates [LO3] Solve for the unknown interest rate in each of the following: Ch. 6: Questions 2 & 20 (Questions and Problems section) 2. Present Value and Multiple Cash Flows [LO1] Investment X offers to pay you $4,700 per year for eight years, whereas Investment Y offers to pay you $6,700 per year for five years. Which of these cash flow streams has the higher present value if the discount rate is 5 percent? If the discount rate is 15 percent? 20. Calculating Loan Payments [LO2, 4] You want to buy a new sports coupe for $79,500, and the finance office at the dealership has quoted you an APR of 5.8 percent for a 60-month loan to buy the car. What will your monthly payments be? What is the effective annual rate on this loan? •Ch. 7: Questions 3 &11 (Questions and Problems section) 3. Valuing Bonds [LO2] Even though most corporate bonds in the United States make coupon payments semiannually, bonds issued elsewhere often have annual coupon payments. Suppose a German company issues a bond with a par value of €1,000, 23 years to maturity, and a coupon rate of 5.8 percent paid annually. If the yield to maturity is 4.7 percent, what is the

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current price of the bond? Excel Sheet 11. Valuing Bonds [LO2] Union Local School District has a bond outstanding with a coupon rate of 3.7 percent paid semiannually and 16 years to maturity. The yield to maturity on this bond is 3.9 percent, and the bond has a par value of $5,000. What is the price of the bond? • Ch. 8: Questions 1 & 6 (Questions and Problems section): Microsoft® Excel® template provided for Problem 6 1. Stock Values [LO1] The Jackson–Timberlake Wardrobe Co. just paid a dividend of $1.95 per share on its stock. The dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 4 percent per year indefinitely. If investors require a return of 10.5 percent on The Jackson–Timberlake Wardrobe Co. stock, what is the current price? What will the price be in three years? In 15 years? 6. Stock Valuation [LO1] Suppose you know that a company’s stock currently sells for $63 per share and the required return on the stock is 10.5 percent. You also know that the total return on the stock is evenly divided between a capital gains yield and a dividend yield. If it’s the company’s policy to always maintain a constant growth rate in its dividends, what is the current dividend per share?

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DestinyWear products will range from jeans, shirts, accessories and shoes. The company will first start off with its most profitable product and that will be the DestinyWear designer jeans line. The jeans line has over twenty different jeans designs from straight leg, baggy, cargo, overalls, shorts and much more. The jeans line will provide services within the United States and Canada and will eventually service International customers. The DestinyWear jeans line will have its own building. In this building the bottom floor will consist of the factory and the top floor will have the different departments such as management, marketing and most importantly the accounting department.

• Explain the relationship between risk and return • Identify an example of risk and return. • Explain which is more risky bonds or common stocks. • Explain how understanding risk and return will help you in future business ventures. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

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FIN 370 Week 3 Assignment Financial Ratio analysis

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(i) Increasing inventory indicates that the company inventory conversion

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period is increasing.

(ii) The cash from investing activity shows that the company cash outflow is more in the short term investment i.e. in non operating activity.

(iii) The overall has for the year 2008 has declined for the company. Assignment Steps Resources: Tutorial help on Excel® and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft®Office® website. There are also additional tutorials via the web that offer support for office products. Select one of the publicly traded corporations listed below and obtain the most current SEC Form 10-K (annual financial report) from the company's web site (Do not use the Annual Report that is sent to shareholders): • Lowes Corporation • Kroger Corporation • Harley Davidson Corporation • Apple Corporation • Intel Corporation •

Marriott Corporation • Berkshire Hathaway Corporation •PepsiCo Corporation • Procter and Gamble Corporation •General Electric Corporation Calculate and analyze the following

ratios for your selected company for the last two years from the SEC Form 10-K: • Current Ratio • Inventory Turnover • Debt Ratio •

Time Interest Earned • Gross Profit Margin • Equity Multiplier • Return on Assets • Net Profit Margin • Return on Equity (Use three ratio DuPont method) Compare and contrast your company's ratios to industry and competitor standard ratios obtained from Yahoo Finance, Morningstar, MotleyFool, Macroaxis or other Internet sources, and provide a detailed answer and analysis as to why your company's ratios are different than the industry/competitor standard. Prepare your analysis in a minimum of 875 words in Microsoft® Word. The use of Microsoft®Word tables is encouraged. Cite the source of the industry/competitor ratio information. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. Note: Grades are awarded based upon individual contributions to the Learning Team assignment. Each Learning Team member receives a grade based upon his/her contributions to the team assignment. Not all students may receive the

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same grade for the team assignment.

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FIN 370 Week 5 Team Assignment Precision Machines Part 2 (Cash Budget and Strategic Analysis)

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FIN 370 Week 5 Precision Machines Part 2 Note: There are two parts to this learning team assignment; Part 1 was completed in Week 3. Review the “Precision Machines” document and spreadsheet. Prepare a cash budget for Precision Machines in Microsoft® Excel®. Create a 1,225-word strategic analysis and include the following:

• As mentioned before the advantage of straight line depreciation is it is easier to figure and uses the same total each year for deduction of depreciation expense but the disadvantage is that if use for taxable income and reporting a company does not get a bigger tax break at the beginning of the assets life when they have just put out the cost for the item and may need a bigger tax break.

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• Explain two economic and market forces that will impact the financial plan of this company. Format your documents consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. • Review the "Precision Machines" document and spreadsheet. • Prepare a cash budget for Precision Machines in Microsoft® Excel®. • Precision Machines

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FIN 370 Week 4 Cash Flow AnalysisFrank Smith Plumbing (calculation and 2 Papers)

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This tutorial includes both calculation and 2 Papers FIN 370 Week 4 Cash Flow Analysis Analyze the case study, “Frank Smith Plumbing.” Analyze the “Frank Smith Plumbing’s Financial Statement” spreadsheet. Compare the cost of the truck to the cash flow records Compile your calculations in a Microsoft® Excel® document Develop a 1,050-word analysis and include the following:

• Total shareholders’ equity has down a little bit in dollars, but on the percentage level the company’s percentage has gone up. I believe this is because the company issued $104k more shares in 2004 than in

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2003. The company has the same amount of shares outstanding in 2004 that it did in 2003 as well. Retained earnings on the stock have gone up in 2004 as well. I believe this is contributed by the more shares that have been issued.

• Explain how Stephanie should convince her mother that it is inappropriate to call the bank manager and his wife for assistance in getting the loan approval? • Analyze whether the investment in the truck is profitable. • Explain whether it is more beneficial for Frank to close his business. • Explain what you would do in this same situation. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignments.

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FIN 370 Week 3 Risk and Return Problem Sets (7-21,7-27,8-19,8-21,9-33)

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FIN 370 Week 3 Risk and Return Problem Sets Complete the following problem sets from Chapter 7 in Microsoft® Excel®: • 7-21 • 7-27 Complete the following problem sets from Chapter 8 in Microsoft® Excel®: • 8-19 • 8-21 Complete the following problem sets from

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Chapter 9 in Microsoft® Excel®: • 9-33 Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. Complete the following problem sets from Chapter 7 in Microsoft® Excel®: • After reviewing this information, a creditor or investor must be able to compare this company to the industry totals. By comparing how this company compares to other companies similar to it, a person can see if it is competitive and worth taking a risk. Running ratios will also show if the company is capable of paying off any debts it has or if it can acquire the needed cash in case of emergencies. Overall as an investor, I would say this company would be worth investing in. . (Assume interest payments are semiannual.) Is this a discount or premium bond? • 7-27 Yield to Maturity A 5.65 percent coupon bond with 18 years left to maturity is offered for sale at $1,035.25. What yield to maturity is the bond offering? (Assume interest payments are semiannual.) Complete the following problem sets from Chapter 8 in Microsoft® Excel®: • 8-19 Value a Constant Growth Stock Financial analysts forecast Safeco Corp.’s (SAF) growth rate for the future to be 8 percent. Safeco’s recent dividend was $0.88. What is the value of Safeco stock when the required return is 12 percent? • 8-21 Expected Return Ecolap Inc. (ECL) recently paid a $0.46 dividend. The dividend is expected to grow at a 14.5 percent rate. At a current stock price of $44.12, what is the return shareholders are expecting? Complete the following problem sets from Chapter 9 in Microsoft® Excel®: • 9-33 Risk, Return, and Their Relationship Consider the following annual returns of Estee Lauder and Lowe’s Companies (Table Attached)

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FIN 370 Week 3 Team Assignment Precision Machines Part 1 (annotated bibliography and excel calculation)

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This Tutorial contains both annonated bibliography and excel file FIN 370 Week 3 Team Assignment Precision Machines Part 1 Precision Machines is preparing a financial plan for the next six months to determine the financial needs of the company. For example, an investor holds 100 shares of XYZ Company and the face value per share is $50. If the management go for reverse stock split option and declares one share for 10 shares then the holding of the individual will reduce 9 shares for every 10 shares. Thus the new holding of the investor will be 10 (100/10) shares but the face value per share will be $500. It is also important that the total market capitalization will remain as same as before reverse split. The example of the reverse split is take form below mentioned link: http://www.sec.gov/answers/reversesplit.htm. This means the cash collections from sales are 30% in the first month of the sale, 35% in the second month, and 35% in the third month. The materials purchased by the company amounts to 50% of the sales for the month. The company pays for the purchases one month after the initial purchase. The company likes to maintain a cash balance of $5,000. The cost of borrowing is 10%. The company plans to pay off the loan whenever there is a surplus and borrow when there is a deficit. The attached spreadsheet shows revenues (sales), expenses, capital expenditures, and other expenses for Precision Machines’ next six months. Using the information given on the spreadsheet, prepare a cash budget for January through June and determine the cash surplus, deficit, and the financing needs of the company. Note: There are two parts to this learning team assignment; Part 2 will be completed in Week 5. Review the Learning Team Assignment due in Week 5. Create an

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outline for the essay. Develop a 700-word annotated bibliography using at least 3 resources. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

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