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Practice finals Name: 1 CORPORATE FINANCE FINAL EXAM: FALL 1992 1. You have been asked to analyze the capital structure of DASA Inc, and make recommendations on a future course of action. DASA Inc. has 40 million shares outstanding, selling at $20 per share and a debt-equity ratio (in market value terms) of 0.25. The beta of the stock is 1.15, and the firm currently has a AA rating, with a corresponding market interest rate of 10%. The firm's income statement is as follows: EBIT $150 million Interest Exp. $ 20 million Taxable Inc. $130 million Taxes $ 52 million Net Income $ 78 million The current riskfree rate is 8% and the market risk premium is 5.5%. a. What is the firm's current weighted average cost of capital? (1 point) b. The firm is proposing borrowing an additional $200 million in debt and repurchasing stock. If it does so its rating will decline to A, with a market interest rate of 11%. What will the Weighted average cost of capital be if they make this move? (1 point) c. What will the new stock price be if they borrow $200 million and repurchase stock (assuming rational investors)? (1 point) d. Now assume that the firm has another option to raise its debt/equity ratio (instead of borrowing money and repurchasing stock). It has considerable capital expenditures planned for the next year ($150 million). The company also pays $1 in dividends per share currently (Current Stock Price=$20). If the company finances all its capital expenditures with debt and doubles its dividend yield from the current level for the next year, what would you expect the debt/equity ratio to be at the end of the next year. (3 points)
Practice finals Name: 2 2a. RYBR Inc., an all-equity firm, has net income of $100 million currently and expects this number to grow at 10% a year for the next three years. The firm's working capital increased by $10 million this year and is expected to increase by the same dollar amount each of the next three years. The depreciation is $50 million and is expected to grow 8% a year for the next three years. Finally, the firm plans to invest $60 million in capital expenditure for each of the next three years. The firm pays 60% of its earnings as dividends each year. RYBR has a cash balance currently of $50. Assuming that the cash does not earn any interest, how much would you expect to have as a cash balance at the end of the third year? (2 points) b. Assume that RYBR had financed 20% of its reinvestment needs with debt, estimate the cash balance at the end of the third year. ( 2 points) c. Now assume that stockholders in RYBR are primarily corporations. They are exempt from ordinary taxes on 85% of the dividends that they receive (Ordinary tax rate=30%), and pay capital gains on price appreciation at a 20% rate. If RYBR pays a dividend of $2 per share, how much would you expect the stock price change to be on the ex-dividend date? (2 points) 3. LOB Inc. is a firm with the following characteristics: Year 1 2 3 After year 3 Growth rate in EPS 20% 16% 12% 6% ROC 20% 20% 16% 12% D/E 0% 10% 25% 50% i NA 8% 8% 8% Beta 1.40 1.25 1.15 1.00 The firm has EPS currently of $2.00. The tax rate is 40%. The current riskfree rate is 6.5%. The tax rate is 40%. (The market risk premium is 5.5%) a. What would you project the EPS and DPS to be for the next three years? (2 points) b. What is the terminal price (at the end of the third year)? (2 points) c. What is your best estimate for the DDM Value per share? (2 points)
Practice finals Name: 3 Corporate Finance: Final Exam: Fall 1993 1. You are a corporate finance analyst at a management consulting firm, which has been approached by a company for advice on its capital structure decisions. The company, Boston Turkey Inc., has been in existence for only two years, and its stock is currently trading at $20 per share (There are 100,000 shares outstanding.) The following are the most recent financial statements of the company: Income Statement Revenues $ 1,000,000 - Expenses $ 400,000 - Depreciation $ 100,000 EBIT $ 500,000 - Interest Expense $ 100,000 Taxable Income $ 400,000 - Tax $ 160,000 Net Income $ 240,000 Balance Sheet Assets Liabilities Property, Plant & Equipment $ 1,500,000 Accounts Payable $ 500,000 Land & Buildings $ 500,000 Long Term Debt $ 1,000,000 Current Assets$ 1,000,000 Equity $ 1,500,000 Total $ 3,000,000 Total $ 3,000,000 The debt is not traded, but its estimated market value is 125% of face (book) value. Due to its limited history, the beta of the stock cannot be estimated from past prices. You do have information about comparable listed firms and their betas -- Firm Kentucky Fried Chicken Beta 1.05 Debt/Equity Ratio 20% Hardee's 1.20 50% Popeye's Fried Chicken 0.90 10%
Practice finals Name: 4 Roy Rogers 1.35 70% (The comparable firms all have the same tax rate as Boston Turkey). You can assume that the market risk premium is 5.5%. As general information, you have also collected data on interest coverage ratios, ratings and interest rate spreads, and they are summarized below: Rating Interest Cov. Ratio gt. and Cov. Ratio lt. Spread over T-bond AAA 9.65 0.30% AA 6.85 9.35 0.70% A+ 5.65 6.849999 1.00% A 4.49 5.649999 1.25% A- 3.29 4.4899999 1.50% BBB 2.76 3.2899999 2.00% BB 2.17 2.7599999 2.50% B+ 1.87 2.1699999 3.00% B 1.57 1.8699999 4.00% B- 1.27 1.5699999 5.00% CCC 0.87 1.2699999 6.00% CC 0.67 0.8699999 7.50% C 0.25 0.6699999 9.00% D -100000 0.2499999 12.00% The treasury bill rate is 3.00% and the treasury bond rate is 6.25%. a. What is the current cost of equity? b. What is your best estimate of the current after-tax cost of debt? (The company is not rated currently) c. What is the current cost of capital?
Practice finals Name: 5 As part of your analysis, you are examining whether Boston Turkey should borrow $500,000 and buy back stock. If it does so, its rating will drop to A-. d. If it does so, what will the new cost of equity be? e. How much will the stock price change if it borrows $500,000 and buys back stock? 2. Boston Turkey was so impressed with your grasp of capital structure basics that they have come back to you for some advice on dividend policy. To save you the trouble of having to refer back to page 1, the latest financial statements are reproduced on this page. Income Statement Revenues $ 1,000,000 - Expenses $ 400,000 - Depreciation $ 100,000 EBIT $ 500,000 - Interest Expense $ 100,000 Taxable Income $ 400,000 - Tax $ 160,000 Net Income $ 240,000 Balance Sheet Assets Liabilities Property, Plant & Equipment $ 1,500,000 Accounts Payable $ 500,000 Land & Buildings $ 500,000 Long Term Debt $ 1,000,000 Current Assets$ 1,000,000 Equity (100,000 shares) $ 1,500,000 Total $ 3,000,000 Total $ 3,000,000 Boston Turkey expects its revenues to grow 10% next year, and its expenses to remain at 40% of revenues. The depreciation and interest expenses will remain unchanged at $100,000 next year. The working capital, as a percentage of revenue, will remain unchanged next year. The managers of Boston Turkey claim to have several projects available to choose from next year, where they plan to invest the funds from operations, and suggest that the firm really should not be paying dividends. The projects have the following characteristics -- Project Equity Investment Expected Annual CF to Equity Beta
Practice finals Name: 6 A $ 100,000 12,500 1.00 B $ 100,000 14,000 1.50 C $ 50,000 8,000 1.80 D $ 50,000 12,000 2.00 The treasury bill rate is 3% and the treasury bond rate is 6.25%. The firm plans to finance 40% of its future net capital expenditures (Cap Ex - Depreciation) and working capital needs with debt. a. How much can the company afford to pay in dividends next year? b. Now asssume that the firm actually pays out $1.00 per share in dividends next year. The current cash balance of the firm is $150,000. How much will the cash balance of the firm be at the end of next year, after the payment of the dividend? c. The average investor in Boston Turkey is a wealthy individual, who pays 40% in taxes on ordinary income and only 28% on capital gains. How much would you expect the price to drop on the ex-dividend day, if the company pays out $1 per share as dividend? 3. You are now trying to value Boston Turkey. For purposes of simplicity, the relevant information about the company is reproduced here -- Current Numbers: Earnings per share = $ 2.40 Net Income = $240,000 Dividends per share = $ 1.00 Interest Expenses = $100,000 Market price per share = $ 20 Book Value of Debt = $1,000,000 Number of shares = 100,000 Book Value of Equity = $1,500,000 Market Value of Debt = 1,250,000 Tax Rate = 40% Due to its limited history, the beta of the stock cannot be estimated from past prices. You do have information about comparable listed firms and their betas -- Firm Kentucky Fried Chicken Beta 1.05 Debt/Equity Ratio 20% Hardee's 1.20 50% Popeye's Fried Chicken 0.90 10% Roy Rogers 1.35 70%
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