Which would increase a firm’s return on equity? A. Issuance of 12% bonds and investing the proceeds to earn more than 12%. B. Increasing the size of cash dividends to shareholders. C.Increase in the firm’s price earnings ratio D. Increase in market price of the firm’s ordinary share

14. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. Other things held constant, the higher a firm's target dividend payout ratio, the higher its expected growth rate should be. b. If investors prefer firms that retain most of their earnings, then a firm that wants to maximize its stock price should set a high dividend payout ratio. c. Miller and Modigliani's dividend irrelevance theory says that the percentage of its earnings that a firm pays out in dividends has no effect on its cost of capital, but it does affect its stock price. d. The federal government sometimes taxes dividends and capital gains at different rates. Other things held constant, an increase in the tax rate on dividends relative to that on capital gains would logically lead to a decrease in dividend payout ratios. e. Suppose a firm that has been earning $2 and paying a dividend of $1.00, or a 50% dividend payout, announces that it is increasing the dividend to $1.50. The stock price then jumps from $20 to $30. Some…

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An analyst has gathered the following information for a Company: Expected earnings per share $9.31 Expected dividends per share $1.96 Expected dividend growth rate 2.00% Required rate of return 5.00% Based on the information provided, the price/earnings ratio of this company is closest to: O A. 33.33 B. 7.02 O C. 20.00

If a bank has the following ratios, it can pay up to of its earnings as dividends. Tier 1 leverage = 4.7% Tier 1 common equity risk-based = 7.2% %3D Tier 1 risk-based 8.3% Total capital risk-based = 11%

Which statement is correct?a. The cost of debt is determined by taking the present value of the interest payments and principal times one minus the tax rate.b. The difference in computing the cost of capital between using the accumulated profits and issuance of new ordinary shares is the growth rate.c. Increase in flotation costs, increase in the company’s beta and increase in the expected inflation will all lead to d. increase the company’s weighted average cost of capital.e. Increasing the company’s dividend payout would mitigate the company’s need to raise new ordinary shares.f. none of the above

The assets of company X have a beta equal to 1. Assume that the company's debt has a beta equal to 0.5 and that X's equity has a beta equal to 2. Consider an investor who holds 10% of the company's total debt liabilities and 10% of the company's equity. The beta of the investor's portfolio is equal to A) 0.1 B)1 C) 0.25 D) 1.25