possesses. They are potentially investigating‚ if it is good to recapitalize is it right to repurchase the shares with the debt or to pay dividends with the entire debt. There are major changes that take place in the following list of questions given to us and the following answers are answered according to the questions order. The answers are tabulated below. | Dividends | Repurchase of stock | Outstanding shares | 232‚440‚000 | 183‚686‚000 | Book value of equity | $(1724) | $(1724) | Price per
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-Martin Industries just paid an annual dividend of $1.30 a share. The market price of the stock is $36.80 and the growth rate is 6.0 percent. What is the firm’s cost of equity? RE = [$1.30 × (1 + 0.060)] / $36.80 + 0.060 = 0.097446 = 9.74 percent (3) - The Bet-r-Bilt Company has a 5-year bond outstanding with a 4.30 percent coupon. Interest payments are paid semi-annually. The face amount of the bond is $1‚000. This bond is currently selling for 93 percent of its face value. What is the company’s
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Introduction Anglo American Plc is a mining conglomerate and is one of the largest companies within the mining industry. It originally started in 1917 as a gold mining company going by the name of Anglo American Corp; the name was created when the initial starting capital of £1million was raised from U.K. and U.S. sources (Forbes 2006). In 1999‚ following a major strategic review‚ Anglo American merged with Luxembourg headquartered Minorco to form Anglo American Plc‚ with its primary stock exchange
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traditionally been a significant indicator for investors. SWA has shown numbers in the 29-46% percent range for the three-year period ending in 2002. Two other economic indicators‚ which SWA exceeds the industry is dividend payout ratios‚ and dividend yields. With payout ratios of 2.7 to 18.1 and dividend yields of 0.44‚ Southwest Airlines should be at the top of the list for investors of airlines. On top of all the excellent indicator information‚ SWA posted a $417‚338‚000 profits. How did they do this‚ when
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Unilever Financial Analysis Thuy Tran Tania Vaswani Pardis Anvari Taran Kandhari 13981068 14042506 14105445 14008599 1 Table of Contents 1-Executive summary ......................................................................................................................... 3 2-Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1-About FMCG Industry.............................
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Business Accounts – Assignment I Introduction Next plc is a retailer founded 1864 in the United Kingdom‚ that not only sells men’s‚ women’s and children’s wear but also has a home ware department. Their clothes wear are stylish but affordable. Throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland there are over 550 Next stores plus 50 franchises operating in Asia‚ Europe and The Middle East. This report will analyse and outline the company’s profitability‚ liquidity‚ solvency and investment potentials based
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Subject: Dividend Policy at FPL Group‚ Inc. Problem: Should FPL cut dividend? And should Stark revise her investment recommendation? Options: 1) Keep dividend per share growth at 1.65% 2) Dividend per share grows at 1% 3) Keep dividend per share constant at $2.46 4) Cut dividend by 30% and repurchase 10 million shares each year after the cut Recommendations: We recommend FPL to cut dividend by 30% in order to free up more cash to facilitate its growth and fight the upcoming competitions
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Financial Ratios: What They MeanIn assessing the significance of various financial data‚ managers often engage in ratio analysis‚ the process of determining and evaluating financial ratios. A financial ratio is a relationship that indicates something about a company’s activities‚ such as the ratio between the company’s current assets and current liabilities or between its accounts receivable and its annual sales. The basic source for these ratios is the company’s financial statements that contain
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in e) is $113.37 and $50.82 There is a difference between the above values because the there is a difference in the growth rate in part a) the stock price is based on the current book value. In part d) the value of stock is calculated by using the dividend model of growth rate and the growth is taken up to be constant. And lastly in the e) part the value of stock is calculated by taking up two growth rates for different time so the price of stock is different. The valuation of stock in e) part is the
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value options on a stock paying a dividend yield‚ we know how to value options on stock indices and currencies.” Explain this statement. 3. Explain how corporations can use range-forward contracts to hedge their foreign exchange risk. 4. Calculate the value of a three-month at-the-money European call option on a stock index when the index is at 250‚ the risk-free interest rate is 10% per annum‚ the volatility of the index is 18% per annum‚ and the dividend yield on the index is 3% per annum
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