Unit 1 discussion
Suppose you want to start a business.
1) Share with your classmates the business idea and explain
the purpose of the business and the reason you chose this business.
2) Briefly describe what type of organizational form you
selected. Explain why you selected that form over alternative forms.
Unit 2 discussion
Part 1: Discuss the ways in which managers can “manage the
firm’s earnings.”
Part 2: Explain how earnings management has been viewed
negatively and provide an example.
Unit 3 discussion
Part 1:
John Jetison believes he would need $500,000 to retire today
and keep his same lifestyle.
If Jetison estimates he will retire in 20 years, how much
should he put away each month to have the equivalent of $500,000 in 20 years if
the interest he can earn is 5%?
If the interest rate changes to 3%, what will Jetison need
to save each month?
Picture cash flows on a timeline and present it when
providing your answer.
Part 2:
Think about your own retirement; what would the timeline
look like? In what ways could you better prepare for retirement?
Unit 4 discussion
In the Regardless of Your Major feature (on page 192), we
note that statisticians analyze data.
Moreover, in a statistics class one learns how to describe random
outcomes using statistical measures such as expected values and the variance.
How does our knowledge of basic statistics help us evaluate
opportunities? Provide an example of an
evaluation
Unit 5 discussion
In The Business of Life: Your Cash Budget and Personal
Savings Ratio box feature on page 100 of the text, we defined something called
your personal savings ratio.
What is this ratio and how can it be used when thinking
about gaining control over personal finances?
Unit 6 discussion
Discuss which ratios would be particularly useful and WHY
for the following:
Creditors
Managers
Shareholders
Bondholders.
Unit 7 discussion
Go to www.cnbc.com and explore the video tab using the key
term capital investment. As you learned in this unit, there are various sources
of information.
Part I: Watch at least three videos you find and provide a
summary of the type of information that EACH video contained and how it relates
to this unit.
Part 2: How does your current or past company you work for,
or one that you know of, evaluate capital investments?
Unit 8 discussion
Part I: In the Regardless of Your Major feature box (p.
482), we learned about the dangers of using a high proportion of debt financing
faced by both General Motors (GM) and Lehman Brothers. How could the failure of these firms possibly
matter to you personally or to any of your family members?
Part 2: How can the
lessons you have learned in this course positively affect your career or
personal success (now or in the future)?
Unit 1
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 the incremental cash flow concept and why
it is important.
Your response should be at least 75 words in length.
Question 5 Discuss why cash flows are important in finance.
Your response should be at least 75 words in length.
Unit 3
assessment
Question 1 After placing $13,000 in a savings account paying
annual compound interest of 3%, Leona will accumulate what amount if she leaves
the money in the bank for 4 years?
Question 2 What is the future value of $500 a year for 9
years compounded annually at 10%? What is the future value of $900 for nine
years compounded annually at 10%?
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?
Question 4 What 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?
Question 5 You are given three investment alternatives to
analyze. The cash flows from these three investments are as follows:
Investment table
What is the present value of investments A, B, and C if the
appropriate discount rate is 10%?
Unit 4
assessment
Question 1 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?
Question 2 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 on Plaxo's stock is what percent?
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?
Question 4
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?
Selected Answer:
Q1. Calculate the average rate of return for each year from
the above information.
Time
|
Price
|
average rate of return
|
1
|
$12
|
$12.00
|
2
|
$9
|
$10.50
|
3
|
$7
|
$9.33
|
4
|
$6
|
$8.50
|
5
|
$8
|
$8.40
|
Q2. What is the arithmetic average rate of return earned by
investing in Caswell's stock over this
period?
Time
|
Price
|
arithmetic average rate of
return
|
1
|
$12
|
$12.00
|
2
|
$9
|
$9.00
|
3
|
$7
|
$7.00
|
4
|
$6
|
$6.00
|
5
|
$8
|
$8.00
|
15
|
|
$42.00
|
|
|
= $8.40
|
Q3. What is the geometric average rate of return earned by
investing in Caswell's stock over this period?
Time
|
Price
|
geometric average rate of
return
|
1
|
$12
|
$12.00
|
2
|
$9
|
$18.00
|
3
|
$7
|
$21.00
|
4
|
$6
|
$24.00
|
5
|
$8
|
$40.00
|
15
|
|
$115.00
|
|
|
= $7.67
|
|
|
|
Q4. 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)?
Per our Titman, Keown, and Martin (2014), arithmetic and
geometric average returns are defined as follows:
Arithmetic Average Return - “the sum of the set of returns
divided by their number” (p G-1).
Geometric Average Return - “the rate of return earned on an
investment that incorporates consideration for the effects of compound
interest” (p G-4).
Therefore, the geometric average rate of return would best
describe the annual rate of return earned over the period as it is used to
calculate return for multiple periods.
Reference
Titman, S., Keown, A. J., & Martin, J. D. (2014).
Financial Management: Principles and applications (12th ed.). Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Pearson.
Q5. The annual rate of return at the end of year 3 is what
percent?
=
(7-9)/10.5*100
= -19.05%
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
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Question 1. (30 points total) Use this balance sheet and
income statement from Carver Enterprises to complete parts a and b:
a. (15
points) Prepare a common size balance sheet for Carver Enterprises. Complete
the common-size balance sheet: (Round to one decimal place.)
Common?Size Balance Sheet 2013
Cash and marketable securities $ 490 %
Accounts receivable 5,990
Inventories 9,550
Current assets $ 16,030 %
Net property plant and equipment 17,030
Total assets $ 33,060 %
Accounts payable $ 7,220 %
Short?term debt 6,800
Current liabilities $ 14,020 %
Long?term liabilities 7,010
Total liabilities $ 21,030 %
Total owners’ equity 12,030
Total liabilities and owners’ equity $ 33,060 %
b. (15
points) Prepare a common-size income statement for Carver Enterprises. Complete
the common-size income statement: (Round to one decimal place.)
Common?Size Income Statement 2013
Revenues $ 30,020 %
Cost of goods sold (19,950)
Gross profit $ 10,070 %
Operating expenses (7,960)
Net operating income $ 2,110 %
Interest expense (940)
Earnings before taxes $ 1,170 %
Taxes (425)
Net income $ 745 %
Question 2. (10 points total) Use this data table of
Campbell Industries liabilities and owners' equity to complete parts a and b.
a. (5
points) What percentage of the firm's assets does the firm finance using debt
(liabilities)? (Round to one decimal place.)
b. (5
points) 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? (Round to one decimal place.)
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 one decimal 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 one decimal 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 one
decimal place.)
Question 5. (15 points 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.
Income Statement
Revenues $
Cost of Goods Sold
Gross Profit $
Operating Expenses
Net Operating Income $
Interest Expense
Earnings before Taxes $
Income Taxes
Net Income $
b. (5
points) Calculate the firm's operating profit margin and net profit margin.
(Round to one decimal place.)
The operating profit margin is %
The net income margin is %
c. (5
points) Compute the times interest earned ratio.
The times interest earned ratio is %
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 firm'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.) times
Inventory turnover (Round to two decimal places.) times
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.) days
Fixed asset turnover (Round to two decimal places.)
Return on equity (Round to one decimal places.) %
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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.
The value of the bond is
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.
Question Answer
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 $ Per
share
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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
Orange item questions, keep the text that is 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 or should not be accepted
because the NPV is
positive or negative and
therefore adds or subtracts 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? Why or why not?
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 should be or should not be
accepted because the IRR is higher
than or lower than the
required discount rate.
If the project's required discount rate is 16%, then the
project should be or should not be
accepted because the IRR is higher
than or lower 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.