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Unit I Assessment

Question 1 Explain what a firm’s goal is from both a shareholder and stakeholder approach.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 2 Discuss three main organizational forms used in forming a business.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 3 Review how managers responding to incentives may result in an agency problem.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 4 Explain five fundamental principles underlying the study of finance.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 5 Distinguish between equity and debt securities and how they are used to raise capital.

Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Unit II Assignment

Use the provided Excel template to submit your responses to each of the study problems from the textbook below:

? 3-13, p. 72. Review of financial statements

? 3-15, p. 73. Analyzing the cash flow statement

? 4-25, p. 116. Calculating financial ratios

Each question has a corresponding worksheet (look for the tab along the bottom of the workbook). The cells can be adjusted, added, or removed as necessary.

Unit 5 assignment

Question 1. (30 points total)Use this balance sheet and income statement from Carver Enterprises to complete partsa and b: .png”>

a. (15 points) Prepare a common size balance sheet for Carver Enterprises. Complete the common-size balance sheet: (Round to one decimal place.)

b. (15 points) Prepare a common-size income statement for Carver Enterprises.Complete the common-size income statement: (Round to one decimal place.)

Question 2.(10 points total) Use this data table of Campbell Industries liabilities and owners’ equity to complete partsa and b.

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a. (5 points) What percentage of the firm’s assets does the firm finance using debt (liabilities)? (Round to one decimal place.)

b. If Campbell were to purchase a new warehouse for $1.3 million and finance it entirely with long-term debt, what would be the firm’s new debt ratio?

Question 3. (10 points total)(Liquidity analysis)Airspot Motors, Inc. has $2,433,200 in current assets and $869,000 in current liabilities. The company’s managers want to increase the firm’s inventory, which will be financed using short-term debt. How much can the firm increase its inventory without its current ratio falling below 2.1 (assuming all other assets and current liabilities remain constant)?(Round to onedecimal place.)

Question 4. (10 points total)(Efficiency analysis)Baryla Inc. manufactures high quality decorator lamps in a plant located in eastern Tennessee. Last year the firm had sales of $93 million and a gross profit margin of 45 percent.

a. (5 points) How much inventory can Baryla hold and still maintain an inventory turnover ratio of at least 6.3 times?(Round to onedecimal place.)

b. (5 points) Currently, some of Baryla’s inventory includes $2.3 million of outdated and damaged goods that simply remain in inventory and are not salable. What inventory ratio must the good inventory maintain in order to achieve an overall turnover ratio of at least 6.3 (including the unsalable items)? (Round to onedecimal place.)

Question 5. (15points total)(Profitability and capital structure analysis)In the year that just ended, Callaway Lighting had sales of $5,470,000 and incurred cost of goods sold equal to $4,460,000. The firm’s operating expenses were $128,000 and its increase in retained earnings was $42,000 for the year. There are currently 99,000 common stock shares outstanding and the firm pays a $4.770 dividend per share. The firm has $1,180,000 in interest-bearing debt on which it pays 7.7 percent interest.

a. (5 points) Assuming the firm’s earnings are taxed at 35%, construct the firm’s income statement.

b. (5 points) Calculate the firm’s operating profit margin and net profit margin.(Round to one decimal place.)

c. (5 points) Compute the times interest earned ratio.

What does this tell you about Callaway’s ability to pay its interest expense? (Fill in the blank with the times interest earned ratio from above and select the best choice.)

1) Callaway’s operating income can fall as much as______ times the interest expense and the company would still be able to service its debt.

2) Callaway’s interest expense is _______ times higher than its competitors.

3) Callaway’s gross profit can fall as much as ______ times and still be able to service its debt.

4) Callaway’s operating income can fall as much as ______ times and still be able to repay its debt.

What is the fin’s return on equity? (Select the best choice.)

1) The firm’s return on equity is the same as the net profit margin, 9.4%.

2) The firm’s return on equity is the sum of the operating profit margin and the net profit margin, 25.5%.

3) There is not enough information to answer this question.

4) The firm’s return on equity is the same as the operating profit margin, 16.1%.

Question 6. (5 points total)(Market value analysis) Lei Materials’ balance sheet lists total assets of $1.16 billion, $132 million in current liabilities, $415 million in long-term debt, $613 million in common equity, and 58 million shares of common stock. If Lei’s current stock price is $52.08, what is the firm’s market-to-book ratio? (Round to one decimal place.)

Question 7. (5 points total) (DuPont analysis)Bryley, Inc. earned a net profit margin of 5.1 percent last year and had an equity multiplier of 3.49. If its total assets are $109 million and its sales are $157 million, what is the firm’s return on equity?(Round to one decimal place.)

Question 8. (15 points total)(Calculating financial ratios) Use the balance sheet and income statement for the J. P. Robard Mfg. Company to calculate the following ratios:

Current ratio(Round to two decimal places.)

Times interest earned(Round to two decimal places.)

Inventory turnover(Round to two decimal places.)

Total asset turnover(Round to two decimal places.)

Operating profit margin(Round to one decimal places.)

Operating return on assets(Round to one decimal places.)

Debt ratio (Round to one decimal places.)

Average collection period(Round to one decimal places.)

Fixed asset turnover(Round to two decimal places.)

Return on equity(Round to one decimal places.)

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Unit 6 assignment

Question 1:(10 points).(Bond valuation) Calculate the value of a bond that matures in 12 years and has $1,000 par value. The annual coupon interest rate is 9 percent and the market’s required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 12 percent. Round to the nearest cent.

Question 2: (10 points).(Bond valuation) Enterprise, Inc. bonds have an annual coupon rate of 11 percent. The interest is paid semiannually and the bonds mature in 9 years. Their par value is $1,000. If the market’s required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 14 percent, what is the value of the bond? What is its value if the interest is paid annually and semiannually? (Round to the nearest cent.)

a. The value of the Enterprise bonds if the interest is paid semiannually is

b. The value of the Enterprise bonds if the interest is paid annually is

Question 3: (10 points).(Yield to maturity) The market price is $750 for a 20-year bond ($1,000 par value) that pays 9 percent annual interest, but makes interest payments on a semiannual basis (4.5 percent semiannually). What is the bond’s yield to maturity? (Round to two decimal places.)

The bond’s yield to maturity is

Question 4: (10 points).(Yield to maturity) A bond’s market price is $950. It has a $1,000 par value, will mature in 14 years, and has a coupon interest rate of 8 percent annual interest, but makes its interest payments semiannually. What is the bond’s yield to maturity? What happens to the bond’s yield to maturity if the bond matures in 28 years? What if it matures in 7 years?(Round to two decimal places.)

The bond’s yield to maturity if it matures in 14 years is

The bond’s yield to maturity if it matures in 28 years is

The bond’s yield to maturity if it matures in 7 years is

Question 5: (15 points).(Bond valuation relationships) Arizona Public Utilities issued a bond that pays $70 in interest, with a $1,000 par value and matures in 25 years. The markers required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 8 percent.(Round to the nearest cent.)For questions with two answer options (e.g. increase/decrease) choose the best answer and write it in the answer block.

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a. What is the value of the bond if the markers required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 8 percent?

b. What is the value of the bond if the markers required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond increases to 11 percent?

c. What is the value of the bond if the market’s required yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond decreases to 7 percent?

d. The change in the value of a bond caused by changing interest rates is called interest-rate risk. Based on the answer: in parts b and c, a decrease in interest rates (the yield to maturity) will cause the value of a bond to (increase/decrease):

By contrast in interest rates will cause the value to (increase/decrease):

Also, based on the answers in part b, if the yield to maturity (current interest rate) equals the coupon interest rate, the bond will sell at (par/face value):

exceeds the bond’s coupon rate, the bond will sell at a (discount/premium):

and is less than the bond’s coupon rate, the bond will sell at a (discount/premium):

e. Assume the bond matures in 5 years instead of 25 years, what is the value of the bond if the yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 8 percent? $ 960.07 Assume the bond matures in 5 years instead of 25 years, what is the value of the bond if the yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 11 percent?

f. Assume the bond matures in 5 years instead of 25 years, what is the value of the bond if the yield to maturity on a comparable-risk bond is 7 percent?

g. From the findings in part e, we can conclude that a bondholder owning a long-term bond is exposed to (more/less) interest-rate risk than one owning a short-term bond.

Question 6: (5 points).(Measuring growth) If Pepperdine, Inc.’s return on equity is 14 percent and the management plans to retain 55 percent of earnings for investment purposes, what will be the firm’s growth rate?(Round to two decimal places.)

The firm’s growth rate will be

Question 7: (10 points).(Common stock valuation) The common stock of NCP paid $1.29 in dividends last year. Dividends are expected to grow at an annual rate of 6.00 percent for an indefinite number of years. (Round to the nearest cent.)

a. If your required rate of return is 8.70 percent, the value of the stock for you is:

b. You (should/should not) make the investment if your expected value of the stock is (greater/less) than the current market price because the stock would be undervalued.

Question 8: (10 points).(Measuring growth) Given that a firm’s return on equity is 22 percent and management plans to retain 37 percent of earnings for investment purposes, what will be the firm’s growth rate? If the firm decides to increase its retention rate, what will happen to the value of its common stock? (Round to two decimal places.)

a. The firm’s growth rate will be:

b. If the firm decides to increase its retention ratio, what will happen to the value of its common stock? An increase in the retention rate will (increase/decrease) the rate of growth in dividends, which in turn will (increase/decrease) the value of the common stock.

Question 9: (10 points).(Relative valuation of common stock) Using the P/E ratio approach to valuation, calculate the value of a share of stock under the following conditions:

• the investor’s required rate of return is 13 percent,

• the expected level of earnings at the end of this year (E1) is $8,

• the firm follows a policy of retaining 40 percent of its earnings,

• the return on equity (ROE) is 15 percent, and

• similar shares of stock sell at multiples of 8.571 times earnings per share.

Now show that you get the same answer using the discounted dividend model. (Round to the nearest cent.)

a. The stock price using the P/E ratio valuation method is:

b. The stock price using the dividend discount model is:

Question 10: (10 points) (Preferred stock valuation) Calculate the value of a preferred stock that pays a dividend of $8.00 per share when the market’s required yield on similar shares is 13 percent. (Round to the nearest cent.)

a. The value of the preferred stock is

b.

Unit 7 assignment

Instructions: Enter all answers directly in this worksheet. When finished select Save As, and save this document using your last name and student ID as the file name. Upload the data sheet to Blackboard as a .doc, .docx or .rtf file when you are finished.

Question 1: (10 points). (Net present value calculation) Dowling Sportswear is considering building a new factory to produce aluminum baseball bats. This project would require an initial cash outlay of $4,000,000 and would generate annual net cash inflows of $900,000 per year for 7 years. Calculate the project’s NPV using a discount rate of 5 percent. (Round to the nearest dollar.)

a. If the discount rate is 5 percent, then the project’s NPV is:

Question 2: (30 points). (Net present value calculation) Big Steve’s, makers of swizzle sticks, is considering the purchase of a new plastic stamping machine. This investment requires an initial outlay of $90,000 and will generate net cash inflows of $19,000 per year for 11 years. To answer Choose an item questions, click on the orange text and use the pull down menu to select the best answer.

a. What is the project’s NPV using a discount rate of 7 percent? (Round to the nearest dollar.)

If the discount rate is 7 percent, then the project’s NPV is:

Should the project be accepted?

The project should be accepted because the NPV is positive and therefore adds value to the firm.

b. What is the project’s NPV using a discount rate of 16 percent?

If the discount rate is 16 percent, then the project’s NPV is

Should the project be accepted?, it adds value to the firm

c. What is this project’s internal rate of return? (Round to two decimal places.)

This project’s internal rate of return is: %

Should the project be accepted? Why or why not?

If the project’s required discount rate is 7%, then the project _________accepted because the IRR is lower than the required discount rate.

If the project’s required discount rate is 16%, then the project __________ accepted because the IRR is higher than the required discount rate.

Question 3: (15 points). (Related to Checkpoint 11.2) (Equivalent annual cost calculation) Barry Boswell is a financial analyst for Dossman Metal Works, Inc. and he is analyzing two alternative configurations for the firm’s new plasma cutter shop. The two alternatives that are denoted A and B below perform the same task and although they each cost to purchase and install they offer very different cash flows. Alternative A has a useful life of 7 years whereas Alternative B will only last for 3 years. The after-tax cash flows from the two projects are as follows:

a. Calculate each project’s equivalent annual cost (EAC) given a discount rate of 10 percent. (Round to the nearest cent.)

a. Alternative A’s equivalent annual cost (EAC) at a discount rate of 10% is:

b. Alternative B’s equivalent annual cost (EAC) at a discount rate of 10% is

b. Which of the alternatives do you think Barry should select? Why? (Select the best choice below.)

a. This cannot be determined from the information provided.

b. Alternative B should be selected because its equivalent annual cost is less per year than the annual equivalent cost for Alternative A.

c. Alternative A should be selected because its equivalent annual cost is less per year than the annual equivalent cost for Alternative B.

d. Alternative A should be selected because it has the highest NPV.

Question 4: (10 points). (IRR calculation) What is the internal rate of return for the following project: An initial outlay of $9,000 resulting in a single cash inflow of $15,424 in 7 years. (Round to the nearest whole percent.)

a. The internal rate of return for the project is:

Question 5: (10 points). (IRR calculation) Jella Cosmetics is considering a project that costs $750,000 and is expected to last for 9 years and produce future cash flows of $180,000 per year. If the appropriate discount rate for this project is 17 percent, what is the project’s IRR? (Round to two decimal places.)

a. The project’s IRR is:

Question 6: (10 points) (IRR, payback, and calculating a missing cash flow) Mode Publishing is considering a new printing facility that will involve a large initial outlay and then result in a series of positive cash flows for four years. The estimated cash flows associated with this project are:

If you know that the project has a regular payback of 2.9 years, what is the project’s internal rate of return?

a. The IRR of the project is:

Question 7: (15 points) (Mutually exclusive projects and NPV) You have been assigned the task of evaluating two mutually exclusive projects with the following projected cash flows:

If the appropriate discount rate on these projects is 11 percent, which would be chosen and why? (Round to the nearest cent.)

a. The NPV of Project A is:

b. The NPV of Project B is:

Which project would be chosen and why? (Select the best choice below.)

a. Cannor choose without comparing their IRRs.

b. Choose A because its NPV is higher.

c. Choose both because they both have positive NPVs.

d. Choose B because its NPV is higher.

Unit 3 assessment

Question 1Sarah Wiggum would like to make a single investment and have $1.6 million at the time of her retirement in 35 years. She has found a retirement fund that will earn 3% annually. How much will Sarah have to invest today? If she earned an annual return of 20%, how soon could she then retire?

Question 2Much to your surprise, you were selected to appear on the TV show, “The Price is Right.” As a result of your prowess in identifying how many rolls of toilet paper an average American family keeps on hand, you win the opportunity to choose one of the following: $2,000 today, $10,000 in 10 years, or $31,000 in 29 years. Assuming you can earn 12% on your money, which should you choose?

Question 3 To pay for your education, you have taken out $28,000 in student loans. If you make monthly payments over 13 years at 5% compounded monthly, how much are your monthly student loan payments?

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Question 4What is the present value of a perpetual stream of cash flow that pays $80,000 at the end of one year and grows at a rate of 5% indefinitely? The rate of interest used to discount the cash flows is 10%. What is the present value of the growing perpetuity?

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Question 5 How much do you have to deposit today so that, beginning 11 years from now, you can withdraw $9,000 a year for the next 8 years (periods 11 through 18) plus an additional amount of $18,000 in the last year (period 18)? Assume an interest rate of 6%.

Unit IV Assessment

Question 1

The common stock of Plaxo Enterprises had a market price of $9.45 on the day you purchased it just 1 year ago. During the past year, the stock paid a dividend of $1.43 and closed at a price of $11.66. What rate of return did you earn on your investment in Plaxo’s stock? The rate of return you earned onPlaxo’s stock is what percent?

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Question 2

Caswell Enterprises had the following end-of-year stock prices over the last five years and paid no dividends.

Time Caswell

1 $12

2 9

3 7

4 6

5 8

Calculate the average rate of return for each year from the above information.

What is the arithmetic average rate of return earned by investing in Caswell’s stock over this period?

What is the geometric average rate of return earned by investing in Caswell’s stock over this period?

Considering the beginning and ending stock prices for the five-year period are the same, which type of average rate of return best describes the annual rate of return earned over the period (arithmetic or geometric)?

The annual rate of return at the end of year 3 is what percent?

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Question 3

On December 5, 2007, the common stock of Google, Inc. (GOOG) was trading at $698.51. One year later, the shares sold for $301.99. Google has never paid a common stock dividend. What rate of return would you have earned on your investment had you purchased the shares on December 5, 2007? The rate of return you would have earned is what percent?

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Question 4

Syntex is considering an investment in one of two stocks. Given the information that follows, which investment is better based on the risk (the standard deviation) and return? Given the information in the table, what percent is the rate of return for Stock B?

Commont Stock A B Table