bond offers a 4% coupon rate‚ paid semiannually. The market price of the bond is $1‚000‚ equal to its par value. a. What is the payback period for this bond? b. With such a long payback period‚ is the bond a bad investment? c. What is the discounted payback period for the bond assuming its 4% coupon rate is the required return? What general principle does this example illustrate regarding a project’s life‚ its discounted payback period‚ and its NPV? A8-1. a. Payback on this bond is 25 years
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Payback Period Payback periods are commonly used to evaluate proposed investments. The payback period is the amount of time required for the firm to recover its initial investment in a project‚ as calculated from cash inflows. In the case of an annuity‚ the payback period can be found by dividing the initial investment by the annual cash inflow. For a mixed stream of cash inflows‚ the yearly cash inflows must be accumulated until the initial investment is recovered. Although popular‚ the payback
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the Wendy’s corporation. It highlights many of the company’s financial ratios and other calculations used to measure the success of a company. The Wendy’s Company is the #2 hamburger chain in the United States following #1 McDonalds (Hoovers). The Wendy’s Company (NASDAQ:WEN) is the world’s third largest quick-service hamburger company (Wendy’s.com). The company consists of almost 6‚500 restaurants in the U.S. and almost 25 in other countries (Hoovers). The first Wendy’s restaurant was opened
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weaknesses of the Cash Payback Period‚ Discounted Cash Payback Period‚ NPV‚ IRR and MIRR capital expenditure budgeting methods. Prepare a recommendation for Stewart regarding the capital budgeting method or methods to use in evaluating the expansion alternatives. Support your answer. Capital budgeting techniques such as payback period‚ net present value (NPV)‚ internal rate of return (IRR) and modified internal rate of return (MIRR) all offer particular strengths and weaknesses. The payback period is the simplest
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Hon Chan 22002960 Introduction An initial public offering (IPO) refers to the initial stage of shares offering to the public market for subscriptions by a company to raise capital for the purpose of expansion. It is considered as a big issue for companies as an IPO does not necessary guarantee the success of a company as it is merely a tool of raising capital while its costs of issuance and consecutive monitoring costs (due to diluted shareholdings of the company by public investors) are relatively
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Cash Discount on Sales Cash discount is the discount offered by seller for paying cash early. Cash discount is only offered on credit sales where the customers do not pay at the time of sale but promise to pay latter. There are two methods of accounting for sales that offer cash discounts; the gross method and the net method. These two methods are explained with the help of the following example: Example Suppose Company A sells certain goods at a price of $4‚400 with terms of payment
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The discount rate Main article: Discount rate The rate used to discount future cash flows to their present values is a key variable of this process. A firm’s weighted average cost of capital (after tax) is often used‚ but many people believe that it is appropriate to use higher discount rates to adjust for risk or other factors. A variable discount rate with higher rates applied to cash flows occurring further along the time span might be used to reflect the yield curve premium for long-term
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time series of cash flows. It is a standard method for using the time value of moneyto appraise long-term projects. Used for capital budgeting‚ and widely throughout economics‚ it measures the excess or shortfall of cash flows‚ in present value terms‚ once financing charges are met. The advantages of the NPV are following; first‚ it tells whether the investment will increase the firm’s value. Also‚ it considers all the cash flows‚ time value of money and the risk of future cash flows through the cost
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Assignment: Cash Flow Preparation JoBeth Murphy University Of Phoenix June 12‚ 2010 Complete problems 19‚ 21‚ & 27 on pp. 50 – 53 of Foundations of Financial Management. Identify whether each of the following items increases or decreases cash flow: * Increase in accounts receivable - decrease * Increase in notes payable - decreases * Depreciation expense - increases * Increase in investments - decreases * Decrease in accounts payable - decrease * Decrease
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using the following information: • Debt: $75‚000‚000 book value outstanding. The debt is trading at 90 percent of par. The yield to maturity is 9 percent. • Equity: 2‚500‚000 shares selling at $42 per share. Assume the expected rate of return on Federated’s stock is 18 percent. • Taxes: Federated’s marginal tax rate is Tc = .35 What are the key assumptions underlying your calculation? For what type of project would Federated’s weighted-average cost of capital be the right discount rate? 2. Suppose
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