Flemington Farms is evaluating an extra dividend versus a share repurchase. In either case, $15,000 would be spent. Current earnings are $2.80 per share, and the stock currently sells for $75 per share. There are 2,800 shares outstanding. Ignore taxes and other imperfections. The PE ratio will be ____ if the firm issues the dividend as compared to ____ if the firm does the share repurchase.

REH​ Corporation's most recent dividend was $2.82 per​ share, its expected annual rate of dividend growth is 5​%, and the required return is now 15​%. A variety of proposals are being considered by management to redirect the​ firm's activities. Determine the impact on share price for each of the following proposed actions.   a.  Do​ nothing, which will leave the key financial variables unchanged. b.  Invest in a new machine that will increase the dividend growth rate to 8​% and lower the required return to 13​%. c.  Eliminate an unprofitable product​ line, which will increase the dividend growth rate to 9​% and raise the required return to 17%. d.  Merge with another​ firm, which will reduce the growth rate to 2​% and raise the required return to 18​%. e. Acquire a subsidiary operation from another manufacturer. The acquisition should increase the dividend growth rate to 9% and increase the required return to 17​%.

Becker industries is considering an all equity capital structure against one with both debt and equity.  The all equity capital structure would consist of 34000 shares of stock.  The debt and equity option would consist of 17000 shares of stock plus $265000 of debt with an interest rate of 8 percent.  What is the break even level of earnings before interest and taxes between these two options? Ignore taxes

Cooperton Mining just announced it will cut its dividend from $4.03 to $2.69 per share and use the extra funds to expand. Prior to the announcement, Cooperton's dividends were expected to grow at a 3.3% rate, and its share price was $48.51. With the planned expansion, Cooperton's dividends are expected to grow at a 4.6% rate. What share price would you expect after the announcement? (Assume that the new expansion does not change Cooperton's risk.) Is the expansion a good investment? The new price for Cooperton's stock will be $ (Round to the nearest cent.)

An all-equity firm has expected earnings of $14,200 and a market value of $82,271. The firm is planning to issue $15,000 of debt at 6.3 percent interest and use the proceeds to repurchase shares at their current market value. Ignore taxes. What will be the cost of equity after the repurchase?

Ewing Corporation is evaluating an extra dividend versus a share repurchase. In either case, $10,000 would be spent. Current earnings are $3 per share, and the stock currently sells for $50 per share. There are 5,000 shares outstanding. Ignore taxes and other market imperfections (e.g. transaction cost) in answering the questions. a) Evaluate the two alternatives in terms of the effect on the price per share of the stock and shareholder wealth. b) What will be the effect on Ewing’s EPS and PE ratio under the two different scenarios?

Globex Corp. is an all-equity firm, and it has a beta of 1. It is considering changing its capital structure to 60% equity and 40% debt. The firm's cost of debt will be 6%, and it will face a tax rate of 25%. What will Globex Corp.'s beta be if it decides to make this change in its capital structure? Now consider the case of another company: US Robotics Inc. has a current capital structure of 30% debt and 70% equity. Its curre is 25%. It currently has a levered beta of 1.15. The risk-free rate is 3.5%, and the risk 1.65 1.58 1.80 1.50 e-tax cost of debt is 6%, and its tax rate m on the market is 7.5%. US Robotics

Globo-Chem Co. is an all-equity firm, and it has a beta of 1. It is considering changing its capital structure to 65% equity and 35% debt. The firm's cost of debt will be 10%, and it will face a tax rate of 25%. What will Globo-Chem Co.'s beta be if it decides to make this change in its capital structure? 1.82 Now consider the case of another company: US Robotics Inc. has a current capital structure of 30% debt and 70% equity. Its current before-tax cost of debt is 10%, and its tax rate is 25%. It currently has a levered beta of 1.15. The risk-free rate is 2.5%, and the risk premium on the market is 7.5%. US Robotics Inc. is considering changing its capital structure to 60% debt and 40% equity. Increasing the firm's level of debt will cause its before-tax cost of debt to increase to 12%. First, solve for US Robotics Inc.'s unlevered beta. Use US Robotics Inc.'s unlevered beta to solve for the firm's levered beta with the new capital structure. Use US Robotics Inc.'s levered beta under…

Sunnyfax Publishing pays out all its earnings and has a share price of $37.00. In order to expand, Sunnyfax Publishing decides to cut its dividend from $3.00 to $2.00 per share and reinvest the retained funds. Once the funds are reinvested, they are expected to grow at a rate of 14%. If the reinvestment does not affect Sunnyfax's equity cost of capital, what is the expected share price as a consequence of this decision? O $45.87 $40.14 $68.81 $57.34 Suppose a ten-year, $1,000 bond with an 8.6% coupon rate and semiannual coupons is trading for $1,035.39. What is the bond's yield to maturity (expressed as an APR with semiannual compounding)? 8.08% O4.04% O 5.36% O 10.72%

Covan, Inc. is expected to have the following free cash flow: a. Covan has 8 million shares outstanding, $3 million in excess cash, and it has no debt. If its cost of capital is 11%, what should be its stock price? b. Covan adds its FCF to cash, and has no plans to add debt. If you plan to sell Covan at the beginning of year 2, what is its expected price? c. Assume you bought Covan stock at the beginning of year 1. What is your expected return from holding Covan stock until year 2? a. Covan has 8 million shares outstanding, $3 million in excess cash, and it has no debt. If its cost of capital is 11%, what should be its stock price? The stock price should be $ (Round to the nearest cent.) A b. Covan adds its FCF to cash, and has no plans to add debt. If you plan to sell Covan at the beginning of year 2, what is its expected price? If you plan to sell Covan at the beginning of year 2, its price should be $ (Round to the nearest cont.) c. Assume you bought Covan stock at the beginning of…