During the year, Blue Company had revenues of $240,000, expenses of $75,000, and stock issuances of $80,000. Dividends during the year were $8,000. If retained earnings at the beginning of the year was $90,000, what was retained earnings at the end of the year? Question options: $162,000 $247,000 $170,000 $327,000 Im pretty sure it is 247,000 but could I get an explanation of the answer?

Ellington Electronics wants you to calculate its cost of common stock. During the next 12 months, the company expects to pay dividends (D1) of $3.70 per share, and the current price of its common stock is $76 per share. The expected growth rate is 7 percent. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answers to 2 decimal places.) a. Compute the cost of retained earnings (Ke). Cost of retained earnings % b. If a $7.0 flotation cost is involved, compute the cost of new common stock (Kn). Cost of new common stock %

O Below is the stock price and dividend history for No-Cameras-Allowed Inc. (NCA), a company organizing Las Vegas retreats for investment banks. Stock Price (end-of-year) Dividend (paid during the year) Year 2019 90 180 18 2020 2021 120 6. a. Compute the annual return in 2020 and 2021. b. Compute the arithmetic average return over the 2019–2021 period. c. Compute the geometric average return over the 2019–2021 period. d. You buy 2,000 shares of NCA at the end of 2019 and hold them through the end of 2021. You reinvest any dividends received (i.e., you use the dividend proceeds to buy more shares of NCA). Except for reinvestment of dividends, you neither buy nor sell any shares before the end of 2021. Which average, arithmetic or geometric, better captures your investment performance over the 2019–2021 period? Please provide a brief explanation for your answer. B Focus MacBook Pro

Given the information of a stock:   ROE (return on equity) is 10%   Capitalisation rate (required rate of return or k) is 8%   Earnings of $10 per share   Company reinvests 40% of its earnings (i.e., plowback rate or b = 0.4)   Expected year-end dividend is $6 per share Draw a timeline to identify the amount and timing of cash flows obtained with the stock. Next, calculate the stock value and the Present Value of Growth Opportunities (PVGO) of the stock.

Suppose a company will be in business for only the next 10 years and pays an annual dividend of $1.75 for those ten years. What is the present value of a share of stock for this company if we want a 9% return on the stock? O A. $19.08 O B. $15.97 OC. $26.59 O D. $11.23

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