What is the company worth per share? We will value the company using George’s forecasts. The spreadsheet accompanying this solution (sheet 4) sets out a forecast in the same general format as Table 4.4. Historical results from 1999 to 2004 are also shown. Earnings per share (EPS) equals return on equity (ROE) times starting book value per share (BVPS). EPS is divided between dividends and retained earnings‚ depending on the dividend payout ratio. BVPS grows as retained earnings are reinvested
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Chapter 9 Operating Exposure T Questions By any other name Operating exposure has other names 1. What are they‚ and what do the words in these names suggest about the nature of operating exposure? Economic exposure emphasizes that the exposure is created by the economic consequences of an unexpected exchange rate change. Economic consequences‚ in turn‚ suggests that the impact is due to the response of external forces in the economy‚ rather than‚ say‚ something directly under the control
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depreciating ruble mean for Russia’s commercial trade and its war on inflation? MC2-2 © 2015 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Exhibit A Russian Ruble/U.S. Dollar Exchange Rate MC2-3 © 2015 Pearson Education‚ Inc. All rights reserved. MiniCase: Russian Ruble Roulette • • • • • • MC2-4 After a number of years of a highly controlled official exchange rate accompanied by tight capital controls‚ the 1998 economic crisis prompted a movement to a heavily managed float. Using both direct
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Applications of option pricing in corporate finance Option pricing is used in four major areas of corporate finance: • Real Options Suppose a company has a 1-year proprietary license to develop a software application for use in a new generation of wireless cellular telephones. Hiring programmers and marketing consultants to complete the project will cost $30 million. The good news is that if consumers love the new cell phones‚ there will be a tremendous demand for the software. The bad news
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CHAPTER 14 OPTIONS AND CORPORATE FINANCE Answers to Concepts Review and Critical Thinking Questions 1. A call option confers the right‚ without the obligation‚ to buy an asset at a given price on or before a given date. A put option confers the right‚ without the obligation‚ to sell an asset at a given price on or before a given date. You would buy a call option if you expect the price of the asset to increase. You would buy a put option if you expect the price of the asset to decrease. A
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MINI-CASES Question Case 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Andersen: An Obstruction of Justice? C.83 C.83 C.83 C.83 C.83 B.63 C.83 2. PTL Club—The Harbinger of Things to Come 3. GM 11.74 12.65 11.74 12.65 11.74 12.65 11.74 11.74 11.74 4. Unhealthy Accounting at HealthSouth 4.64 4.64 5.70 5.70 C.82 G.84 5. KPMG: How Many Firms? B.64 B.64 B.64 1.56 6. Something Went Sour at Parmalat 6.58 7.72 4.65 12.64 7. GE: How Much Are Auditors Paid? B.65 B.65 B.66
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Mini-Case 3 There are various advantages and disadvantages mutual funds offer compared to company stock for you retirement investing. Advantages: First‚ there is a lower cost; mutual funds are usually lower in expenses than company stock. Second‚ diversification‚ where diversification is used to reduce the portfolio risk. When you invest in multiple stocks from different companies there are more benefits from lower risk. Third they are convenient. Mutual funds are relatively easy to buy. Minimum
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MINICASE REPORT PRAIRIE STORES What is the Rate of Return Percentage? In the mini-case‚ Mr. Breezeway indicated two kinds of percentage to determine the required return. One of them is the companies’ return on book equity (% 15) and the other one is the investment return percentage in the rural supermarket industry (% 11) which shows that investors in rural supermarket chains‚ with risks similar to Prairie Home Stores‚ expected to earn about % 11 percent on average. Since the companies’ rate
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1. The one time dividend will not affect the stock price. The value of the company will decline by the amount of the dividend. Ignoring taxes‚ shareholders wealth will not be affected because the stock price will drop by the amount of the dividend payment. 2. The value of the company could increase or decrease. If the company is overlevered‚ paying off debt can lower the interest rate on debt‚ and decrease financial distress costs. If there are no financial distress costs‚ capital structure
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