Question: Technical analysis is a controversial investment

> You own a lot in Key West, Florida, that is currently unused. Similar lots have recently sold for $1.3 million. Over the past five years, the price of land in the area has increased 12 percent per year, with an annual standard deviation of 30 percent. A

> An asset costs $720,000 and will be depreciated in a straight-line manner over its three-year life. It will have no salvage value. The corporate tax rate is 34 percent, and the appropriate interest rate is 10 percent. a. What set of lease payments will m

> A company’s stock currently sells for $73 per share. Last week the firm issued rights to raise new equity. To purchase a new share, a stockholder must remit $14 and three rights. a. What is the ex-rights stock price? b. What is the price of one right? c.

> The Webber Company is an international conglomerate with a real estate division that owns the right to erect an office building on a parcel of land in downtown Sacramento over the next year. This building would cost $55 million to construct. Due to low d

> Flychucker Corporation is evaluating an extra dividend versus a share repurchase. In either case $6,300 would be spent. Current earnings are $2.60 per share, and the stock currently sells for $51 per share. There are 1,500 shares outstanding. Ignore taxe

> Neon Corporation’s stock returns have a covariance with the market portfolio of .0415. The standard deviation of the returns on the market portfolio is 20 percent, and the expected market risk premium is 7.5 percent. The company has bonds outstanding wit

> Why are the costs of selling equity so much larger than the costs of selling debt?

> Bucksnort, Inc., has an odd dividend policy. The company has just paid a dividend of $9 per share and has announced that it will increase the dividend by $4 per share for each of the next five years, and then never pay another dividend. If you require a

> An insurance policy is considered analogous to an option. From the policyholder’s point of view, what type of option is an insurance policy? Why?

> Megabucks Industries is planning to raise fresh equity capital by selling a large new issue of common stock. Megabucks, a publicly traded corporation, is trying to choose between an underwritten cash offer and a rights offering (not underwritten) to curr

> The growing perpetuity model expresses the value of a share of stock as the present value of the expected dividends from that stock. How can you conclude that dividend policy is irrelevant when this model is valid?

> Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: In an efficient market, callable and noncallable bonds will be priced in such a way that there will be no advantage or disadvantage to the call provision. Why?

> In the middle to late 1990s, the performance of the pros was unusually poor—on the order of 90 percent of all equity mutual funds underperformed a passively managed index fund. How does this bear on the issue of market efficiency?

> One of the less flattering interpretations of the acronym MIRR is “meaningless internal rate of return.” Why do you think this term is applied to MIRR?

> Gary Levin is the chief executive officer of Mountain Brook Trading Company. The board of directors has just granted Mr. Levin 25,000 at-the-money European call options on the company’s stock, which is currently trading at $55 per share. The stock pays n

> In 2003, Porsche unveiled its new sports utility vehicle (SUV), the Cayenne. With a price tag of over $40,000, the Cayenne goes from zero to 62 mph in 8.5 seconds. Porsche’s decision to enter the SUV market was in response to the runaway success of other

> What is the impact of an increase in the volatility of the underlying stock’s return on an option’s value? Explain.

> In April 2014, International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) announced a deal to purchase eight Airbus A330-200 and A350-900 passenger aircraft. ILFC then signed a long-term lease contract on the planes with Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras to be used for

> Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? A firm’s stockholders will never want the firm to invest in projects with negative net present values. Why?

> Historically, the U.S. tax code treated dividend payments made to shareholders as ordinary income. Thus, dividends were taxed at the investor’s marginal tax rate, which was as high as 38.6 percent in 2002. Capital gains were taxed at a capital gains tax

> What are the implications for bond investors of the lack of transparency in the bond market?

> The Cori’s Sausage Corporation is trying to choose between the following two mutually exclusive design projects: a. If the required return is 10 percent and the company applies the profitability index decision rule, which project shou

> Titan Mining Corporation has 8.7 million shares of common stock outstanding and 230,000 6.4 percent semiannual bonds outstanding, par value $1,000each. The common stock currently sells for $37 per share and has a beta of 1.20, and the bonds have 20 years

> A stock has had returns of 14.38 percent, 8.43 percent, 11.97 percent, 25.83 percent, and −9.17 percent over the past five years, respectively. What was the holding period return for the stock?

> Consider a four-year project with the following information: Initial fixed asset investment 5 $410,000; straight-line depreciation to zero over the four-year life; zero salvage value; price 5 $35; variable costs 5 $23; fixed costs 5 $176,000; quantity so

> The price of Ervin Corp. stock will be either $53 or $67 at the end of the year. Call options are available with one year to expiration. T-bills currently yield 5 percent. a. Suppose the current price of the stock is $58. What is the value of the call op

> Hagar Industrial Systems Company (HISC) is trying to decide between two different conveyor belt systems. System A costs $290,000, has a four-year life, and requires $89,000 in pretax annual operating costs. System B costs $410,000, has a six-year life, a

> Bauble, Inc., an all-equity firm, has eight shares of stock outstanding. Yesterday, the firm’s assets consisted of nine ounces of platinum, currently worth $1,650 per ounce. Today, the company issued Ms. Wu a warrant for its fair value of $1,650. The war

> What are the deltas of a call option and a put option with the following characteristics? What does the delta of the option tell you? Stock price = $76 %3D Exercise price = $70 %3D Risk-free rate = 5% per year, compounded continuously Maturity = 9 m

> Monster Magnet Manufacturing is considering leasing some equipment. The annual lease payment would be $295,000 per year for six years. The appropriate interest rate is 7 percent and the company is in the 38 percent tax bracket. How would signing the leas

> In a world with no taxes, no transaction costs, and no costs of financial distress, is the following statement true, false, or uncertain? If a firm issues equity to repurchase some of its debt, the price per share of the firm’s stock will rise because th

> What are the main features of a corporate bond that would be listed in the indenture?

> In the previous problem, what would the ROE on the investment have to be if we wanted the price after the offering to be $75 per share? (Assume the PE ratio remains constant.) What is the NPV of this investment? Does any dilution take place?

> In the previous problem, suppose you want only $500 total in dividends the first year. What will your homemade dividend be in two years?

> MVP, Inc., has produced rodeo supplies for over 20 years. The company currently has a debt–equity ratio of 50 percent and is in the 40 percent tax bracket. The required return on the firm’s levered equity is 16 percent

> Weston Industries has a debt–equity ratio of 1.5. Its WACC is 10.5 percent, and its cost of debt is 6 percent. The corporate tax rate is 35 percent. a. What is the company’s cost of equity capital? b. What is the company’s unlevered cost of equity capita

> You work for a nuclear research laboratory that is contemplating leasing a diagnostic scanner (leasing is a common practice with expensive, high-tech equipment). The scanner costs $5,800,000, and it would be depreciated straight-line to zero over four ye

> The following Treasury bond quote appeared in The Wall Street Journal on May 11, 2004: Why would anyone buy this Treasury bond with a negative yield to maturity? How is this possible? 9.125 May 09 100.09375 100.12500 -2.15 ...

> Metallica Bearings, Inc., is a young start-up company. No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next nine years, because the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company will pay a dividend of $17.50 per share in 10 years and w

> What are the possible reasons why the stock price typically drops on the announcement of a seasoned new equity issue?

> Several publicly traded companies have issued more than one class of stock. Why might a company issue more than one class of stock?

> Technical analysis is a controversial investment practice. Technical analysis covers a wide array of techniques, which are all used in an attempt to predict the direction of a particular stock or the market. Technical analysts look at two major types of

> You are evaluating Project A and Project B. Project A has a short period of future cash flows, while Project B has relatively long future cash flows. Which project will be more sensitive to changes in the required return? Why?

> What are the differences between preferred stock and debt?

> In 2003, Porsche unveiled its new sports utility vehicle (SUV), the Cayenne. With a price tag of over $40,000, the Cayenne goes from zero to 62 mph in 8.5 seconds. Porsche’s decision to enter the SUV market was in response to the runaway success of other

> In April 2014, International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) announced a deal to purchase eight Airbus A330-200 and A350-900 passenger aircraft. ILFC then signed a long-term lease contract on the planes with Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras to be used for

> Historically, the U.S. tax code treated dividend payments made to shareholders as ordinary income. Thus, dividends were taxed at the investor’s marginal tax rate, which was as high as 38.6 percent in 2002. Capital gains were taxed at a capital gains tax

> The Woods Co. and the Garcia Co. have both announced IPOs at $40 per share. One of these is undervalued by $11, and the other is overvalued by $3, but you have no way of knowing which is which. You plan on buying 1,000 shares of each issue. If an issue i

> What factors influence a firm’s choice of external versus internal equity financing?

> Consider the following cash flows on two mutually exclusive projects for the Bahamas Recreation Corporation (BRC). Both projects require an annual return of 14 percent. As a financial analyst for BRC, you are asked the following questions: a. If your d

> You own a portfolio equally invested in a risk-free asset and two stocks. If one of the stocks has a beta of 1.73 and the total portfolio is equally as risky as the market, what must the beta be for the other stock in your portfolio?

> Given the information in Problem 10, what was the average real risk-free rate over this time period? What was the average real risk premium?

> Consider a project with a required return of R percent that costs $I and will last for N years. The project uses straight-line depreciation to zero over the N-year life; there are neither salvage value nor net working capital requirements. a. At the acco

> Massey Machine Shop is considering a four-year project to improve its production efficiency. Buying a new machine press for $730,000 is estimated to result in $270,000 in annual pretax cost savings. The press falls in the MACRS five- year class, and it w

> Define the three forms of market efficiency.

> Rob Stevens is the chief executive officer of Isner Construction, Inc., and owns 850,000 shares of stock. The company currently has 5.1 million shares of stock and convertible bonds with a face value of $40 million outstanding. The convertible bonds have

> What are the prices of a call option and a put option with the following characteristics? Stock price = $93 Exercise price = $90 Risk-free rate = 4% per year, compounded continuously Maturity = 5 months Standard deviation = 53% per year

> Roll Corporation (RC) currently has 465,000 shares of stock outstanding that sell for $73 per share. Assuming no market imperfections or tax effects exist, what will the share price be after: a. RC has a five-for-three stock split? b. RC has a 15 percent

> The Wildcat Oil Company is trying to decide whether to lease or buy a new computer-assisted drilling system for its oil exploration business. Management has decided that it must use the system to stay competitive; it will provide $2.9 million in annual p

> The all-equity firm Metallica Heavy Metal Mining (MHMM) Corporation wants to diversify its operations. Some recent financial information for the company is shown here: MHMM is considering an investment that has the same PE ratio as the firm. The cost o

> You own 1,000 shares of stock in Avondale Corporation. You will receive a dividend of $2.60 per share in one year. In two years, Avondale will pay a liquidating dividend of $53 per share. The required return on Avondale stock is 14 percent. What is the c

> For the company in the previous problem, what is the value of being able to issue subsidized debt instead of having to issue debt at the terms it would normally receive? Assume the face amount and maturity of the debt issue are the same.

> In the previous question, suppose the corporate tax rate is 35 percent. What is EBIT in this case? What is the WACC? Explain.

> Williams Industries has decided to borrow money by issuing perpetual bonds with a coupon rate of 6.5 percent, payable annually. The one-year interest rate is 6.5 percent. Next year, there is a 35 percent probability that interest rates will increase to 8

> Given the following information for Huntington Power Co., find the WACC. Assume the company’s tax rate is 35 percent. Debt: 10,000 5.6 percent coupon bonds outstanding, $1,000 par value, 25 years to maturity, selling for 97 percent of par; the bonds make

> Universal Laser, Inc., just paid a dividend of $2.90 on its stock. The growth rate in dividends is expected to be a constant 6 percent per year, indefinitely. Investors require a 15 percent return on the stock for the first three years, a 13 percent retu

> Which of the following should be treated as an incremental cash flow when computing the NPV of an investment? a. A reduction in the sales of a company’s other products caused by the investment. b. An expenditure on plant and equipment that has not yet be

> What is the impact of lengthening the time to expiration on an option’s value? Explain.

> If Wild Widgets, Inc., were an all-equity company, it would have a beta of .95. The company has a target debt–equity ratio of .40. The expected return on the market portfolio is 11 percent, and Treasury bills currently yield 4 percent. The company has on

> The shareholders of Bryant Power Corp. need to elect three new directors to the board. There are 16,500,000 shares of common stock outstanding, and the current share price is $13.75. If the company uses cumulative voting procedures, how much will it cost

> What are the comparative advantages of a competitive offer and a negotiated offer, respectively?

> Why is it that municipal bonds are not taxed at the federal level, but are taxable across state lines? Why is it that U.S. Treasury bonds are not taxable at the state level? (You may need to dust off the history books for this one.)

> Projects A and B have the following cash flows: a. If the cash flows from the projects are identical, which of the two projects would have a higher IRR? Why? b. If C1B 5 2C1A, C2B 5 2C2A, and C3B 5 2C3A, then is IRRA5 IRR B? Year Project A Project

> 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.

> In 2003, Porsche unveiled its new sports utility vehicle (SUV), the Cayenne. With a price tag of over $40,000, the Cayenne goes from zero to 62 mph in 8.5 seconds. Porsche’s decision to enter the SUV market was in response to the runaway success of other

> The following material represents the cover page and summary of the prospectus for the initial public offering of the Pest Investigation Control Corporation (PICC), which is going public tomorrow with a firm commitment initial public offering managed by

> What is the basic goal of financial management with regard to capital structure?

> What is wrong with measuring the performance of a U.S. growth stock manager against a benchmark composed of British stocks?

> Looking back at the crossover bonds we discussed in the chapter, why do you think split ratings such as these occur?

> If a project with conventional cash flows has a payback period less than the project’s life, can you definitively state the algebraic sign of the NPV? Why or why not? If you know that the discounted payback period is less than the project’s life, what ca

> A project has perpetual cash flows of C per period, a cost of I, and a required return of R. What is the relationship between the project’s payback and its IRR? What implications does your answer have for long-lived projects with relatively constant cash

> Suppose you are offered $9,400 today but must make the following payments: a. What is the IRR of this offer? b. If the appropriate discount rate is 10 percent, should you accept this offer? c. If the appropriate discount rate is 20 percent, should you

> What are the prices of a call option and a put option with the following characteristics? Stock price = $57 Exercise price = $60 %3D Risk-free rate = 6% per year, compounded continuously Maturity = 4 months Standard deviation = 54% per year

> The Wildcat Oil Company is trying to decide whether to lease or buy a new computer-assisted drilling system for its oil exploration business. Management has decided that it must use the system to stay competitive; it will provide $2.9 million in annual p

> Teardrop, Inc., wishes to expand its facilities. The company currently has 6.8 million shares outstanding and no debt. The stock sells for $65 per share, but the book value per share is $20. Net income for Teardrop is currently $11.5 million. The new fac

> The Mann Company belongs to a risk class for which the appropriate discount rate is 10 percent. Mann currently has 240,000 outstanding shares selling at $105 each. The firm is contemplating the declaration of a $4 dividend at the end of the fiscal year t

> Triad Corporation has established a joint venture with Tobacco Road Construction, Inc., to build a toll road in North Carolina. The initial investment in paving equipment is $93 million. The equipment will be fully depreciated using the straight-line met

> Overnight Publishing Company (OPC) has $2.5 million in excess cash. The firm plans to use this cash either to retire all of its outstanding debt or to repurchase equity. The firm’s debt is held by one institution that is willing to sell it back to OPC fo

> Kose, Inc., has a target debt–equity ratio of .45. Its WACC is 9.8 percent, and the tax rate is 35 percent. a. If Kose’s cost of equity is 13 percent, what is its pretax cost of debt? b. If instead you know that the aftertax cost of debt is 5.9 percent,

> Assume that the returns on individual securities are generated by the following two-factor model: Here: Rα is the return on Security i at Time t. F1t and F2t are market factors with zero expectation and zero covariance. In addition, assume

> You own a stock portfolio invested 15 percent in Stock Q, 35 percent in Stock R, 30 percent in Stock S, and 20 percent in Stock T. The betas for these four stocks are .75, 1.90, 1.38, and 1.16, respectively. What is the portfolio beta?

> What happens to the price of a convertible bond if interest rates increase?

> Why does the value of a share of stock depend on dividends?

> In Problem 9, suppose the average inflation rate over this period was 4.2 percent, and the average T-bill rate over the period was 5.1 percent. a. What was the average real return on the company’s stock? b. What was the average nominal risk premium on th

> If Treasury bills are currently paying 3.9 percent and the inflation rate is 2.1 percent, what is the approximate real rate of interest? The exact real rate?

> Niko has purchased a brand new machine to produce its High Flight line of shoes. The machine has an economic life of five years. The depreciation schedule for the machine is straight-line with no salvage value. The machine costs $575,000. The sales price

> You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. The Techron I costs $245,000, has a three-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $39,000 per year. The Techron II costs $315,000, has a five-year life, and has pretax operating costs

> Vital Silence Corp. has just issued a 30-year callable, convertible bond with an annual coupon rate of 6 percent. The bond has a conversion price of $93. The company’s stock is selling for $28 per share. The owner of the bond will be forced to convert if

> You are in discussions to purchase an option on an office building with a strike price of $63 million. The building is currently valued at $60 million. The option will allow you to purchase the building either six months from today or one year from today

> The Spring Flower Co. has earnings of $2.35 per share. The benchmark PE for the company is 18. What stock price would you consider appropriate? What if the benchmark PE were 21?