The H. M. Hornes Company is primarily owned by several wealthy Texans. The firm earned $3,500,000 after taxes this year. With 1 million shares outstanding, earnings per share were $3.50. The stock recently has traded at $72 per share, among the current shareholders. Two dollars of this value is accounted for by investor anticipation of a cash dividend. As financial manager of H. M. Hornes, you have contemplated the alternative of repurchasing some company common stock by means of a tender offer at $72 per share. a. How much common stock could the firm repurchase if this alternative were selected? b. Ignoring taxes, which alternative should be selected? c. Considering taxes, which alternative should be selected?

Over the years, McLaughlin Corporation's stockholders have provided 2.2 mil USD of capital. This capital was provided when new stocks were purchased and also management was allowed to retain some of the firm's earnings. The firm now has 2.20 million shares of common stock outstanding. The shares sell at a price of 34.5 USD per share. Calculate the value that McLaughlin's management added to stockholder wealth over the years.

I have 2 different companies- I need to know what the (1) what the earnings per share for each company are, (2) the price-earnings ratio for each company, & (3) which company would you invest in? 1st company has shares that are $27 per share-annual dividend of $.45 and after tax income for this year is $42 million and projected earnings this year are $47 million & there is 25 million number of outstanding shares. 2nd company has shares that are $55 per share-annual dividend of .$65 and after tax income for this year is $135 million and projected earnings this year are $122 million & there is 135 million outstanding shares.

You are considering an investment in Roxie's Bed & Breakfast Corp. During the last year, the firm's income statement listed an addition to retained earnings of $7.80 million and common stock dividends of $2.70 million. Roxie's year-end balance sheet shows common stockholders' equity of $40.5 million with 15 million shares of common stock outstanding. The common stock's market price per share was $9.50. What is Roxie's Bed & Breakfast's book value per share? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Book value per share What is Roxie's Bed & Breakfast's earnings per share? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Earnings per share Calculate the market-to-book ratio. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Market-to-book ratio times Calculate the price-earnings ratio. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Price-earnings ratio times

I really need help on calculating the earning per share here As a stockholder of Bozo Oil Company, you receive its annual report. In the financial statements, the firm has reported assets of $15 million, liabilities of $10 million, after-tax earnings of $2.85 million, and 2.10 million outstanding shares of common stock. Calculate the earnings per share of Bozo Oil’s common stock. Note: Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Assuming a share of Bozo Oil’s common stock has a market value of $40, what is the firm’s price-earnings ratio? Note: Round your intermediate calculation to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole number. Calculate the book value of a share of Bozo Oil’s common stock. Note: Round your answer to 2 decimal places.

You are an investment adviser. One of your clients approaches you for your advice on investing inequity shares of Theta Company. You have collected the following data:Earnings per share last year $6.00Payout ratio 0.40Return on equity 0.30Cost of equity capital 0.20The company plans to increase the payout ratio to 60% from year 5.Required:i) Estimate the price of an equity share of this company using an appropriate dividenddiscount model and advise your client whether they should buy a share of the company.ii) Your client is keen to know whether there are any growth opportunities from theirinvestment. Explain to your client the meaning of this concept using appropriatecalculations.iii) If there are positive or negative growth opportunities, explain the reason for suchopportunities.

Joy wants to invest his funds in shares in one of the two existing manufacturing companies. The following information about the dividend paid during the seven years of the Year Brown Company Avel Company 2000 500 300 2001 600 557 2002 665 615 2003 675 640 2004 785 790 2005 800 815 2006 815 795 If you as an investment consultant who is conducting an analysis of the two companies, with Using trend analysis, which company would you recommend to Joy for his investment in 2010? (work with complete procedure)

At year end, Sampson Company's balance sheet showed total assets of $80 million, total liabilities of $50 million, and 1,000,000 shares of common stock outstanding. Next year, Malta is projecting that it will have net income of $2.9 million. If the average P/E multiple in Malta's industry is 16, (and this is an average stock) what should be the price of Sampson's stock? O $50.43 O $46.40 O $44.57 O $41.60

The Hastings Sugar Corporation has the following pattern of net income each year, and associated capital expenditure projects. The firm can earn a higher return on the projects than the stockholders could earn if the funds were paid out in the form of dividends.   Year Net Income Profitable CapitalExpenditure 1 $ 11 million $ 8 million 2   24 million   11 million 3   9 million   7 million 4   19 million   7 million 5   23 million   8 million     The Hastings Corporation has 2 million shares outstanding. (The following questions are separate from each other).   If the marginal principle of retained earnings is applied, how much in total cash dividends will be paid over the five years? (Enter your answer in millions.)   If the firm simply uses a payout ratio of 40 percent of net income, how much in total cash dividends will be paid? (Enter your answer in millions and round your answer to 1…

Xijiang issued 1000 shares at the beginning of fiscal year (t=0), and the net profit at the end of fiscal year (t=1) is expected to be 2million won. (zhuxijiang plans to pay a total of 800000 won as dividends to shareholders at the end of the accounting year, and the rest will be retained for internal reinvestment. (Zhou) the average self capital profit margin (roe= current net profit of the accounting year / self capital at the beginning of the accounting year) of Xijiang in each accounting year will be maintained at 20%. (shares) Xijiang's dividend policy and self capital profit margin will continue to be maintained. The annual required rate of return (RRR) of the enterprise in the market is 16%. If the dividend growth rate (or profit growth rate) of the company is equal to the return on self capital (ROE) multiplied by the internal retention rate, please answer the following questions. The dividend discount model is used to calculate the stock price at the beginning of the…