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BU283 Final Exam – Important Questions
Chapter 8
1.
Because of declining sales, Wayne Enterprises Inc. announced today that it is suspending dividend payments on its preferred shares. The shares have a 5.8% annual dividend, have a par value of $55, and are not cumulative
. The next dividend would have been paid tomorrow (if it were not suspended). Analysts expect Wayne's
profits to rebound strongly in the coming year and also expect Wayne to resume regular annual dividend payments of $3.19 in two years. What is the fair price for the
shares today if investors require a return of 7.2%?
$33.06
$57.86
$62.00
$41.33
2.
Because of declining world-wide sales of its number one confection, the petit Bearsbum Confection announced today that it is suspending dividend payments on its preferred shares. The shares have a 6% annual dividend, a par value of $100, and are cumulative
. The next dividend would have been paid tomorrow (if it were not
suspended). Analysts expect Bearsbum's profits to rebound strongly in the next year and half due to the introduction of a new line of sour gummy bear paws. As a result, analysts expect that Bearsbum will resume dividends of $6.00 in two years’ time. What is the fair price for the shares today if investors require a return of 7%?
$80.11
$85.71
$90.59
$74.87
3.
Vandalay Industries paid $2.00 per share in dividends yesterday. Its dividends are expected to grow steadily at 7% per year. What are dividends expected to be for each of the next 3 years? Round your answers to the nearest cent.
a.
The year 1 dividend (D1) is $
2.14
.
b.
The year 2 dividend (D2) is $
2.29
.
c.
The year 3 dividend (D3) is $
2.45
.
4.
Kramerica Industries paid $2.05 per share in dividends yesterday. Its dividends are expected to grow steadily at 6% per year. If the required return is 6.9%, what is the estimate of the stock's price 1 year from now (
P
1)?
$258.56
$255.93
$262.25
$260.25
5.
The Peterman Company does not currently pay dividends. However, investors expect that, in 6 years, Peterman will pay its first dividend of $1.50 per share and will
continue to grow at 10% per year forever. If investors require a 12% annual return on the stock, what is the current price?
$42.56
$41.65
$44.52
$43.89
6.
Company Y's common stock recently paid a dividend of $1. They have traditionally grown their dividend at 2%. However, after a year of great performance, they have decided to begin growing their dividend at 3%. The price of the common stock is $14.57. If the required return on the common stock is 9%, what will the new stock price be after the change in the dividend growth rate?
$16.58
$16.69
$17.17
$17.00
7.
If a company were to fail, what is the order that stakeholders would get paid beginning with who gets paid first? Select the best choice below.
common stock, bond, preferred
preferred, bond, common stock
bond, preferred, common stock
bond, common stock, preferred
8.
Select the best choice below. The reason that we can ignore the future sales price of the stock when developing the dividend growth model is because
the present value of a very distant cash flow is a small number that won't impact today's price significantly.
any cash flows after we sell the security are irrelevant.
since we won't get that final sales price, we must ignore it when computing current value.
the present value of a growing annuity is always equal to zero.
9.
What is the price of a share of stock if the beta is 1.5, its next dividend is projected to
be $2.50, and its growth rate is expected to be a constant 9%, assuming the market return is 13% and the risk-free rate is 6%?
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$33.33
$35.21
$34.54
$36.89
R
f
Risk Free rate; B
Beta; R
m
market return
10.
The last dividend paid by Abbot Company was $3.29. Dividends are expected to grow
at 15% for the next 2 years, then grow at a constant 4% indefinitely. If the required return is 6%, what should be the current stock price?
$198.56
$208.80
$199.90
$204.32
11.
You are considering buying shares in Chattanooga Railways. The stock is currently trading for $19.46. Analysts expect the next annual dividend to be $0.90. (The next
dividend will be paid in one year.) Dividends are expected to grow in perpetuity at the annual rate of 4.00%. Chattanooga's beta is 0.75. The risk free rate is 4.50% and the expected return on the market is 10.00%. Express your answer in percentage form rounded to one decimal place. Use this information to answer the questions that follow.
a. What annual return will you earn on Chattanooga if you buy it today, hold it, and receive the perpetual stream of growing dividends? b. Under the CAPM, what is the equilibrium rate of return on Chattanooga's shares given its systematic risk? 12.
Analysts expect Sturk Industries to make payouts of $4.825 billion at the end of this year. Assume that all payouts occur annually at the end of the year and that we are at the beginning of the year. Analysts forecast that Sturk's payouts will grow at 4.5% in perpetuity. Sturk stockholders require a return of 9%. Sturk has 0.95 billion shares outstanding. What is the fair price for Sturk's shares today?
$116.78
$114.59
$110.58
$112.87
13.
Analysts expect Virtucon to make payouts of $3.365 billion at the end of this year. Assume that all payouts occur annually at the end of the year and that we are at the beginning of the year. Analysts forecast that Virtucon's payouts will grow at 1.5% in
perpetuity. Virtucon stockholders require a return of 6%. Virtucon has 2.13 billion shares outstanding and has cash on hand of $6.42billion. What is the fair price for Virtucon's shares today?
$55.47
$40.52
$38.12
$52.58
14.
Because of the weak economy, Nakatomi Trading Corp. has suspended stock repurchases for the current year. Nakatomi makes its payouts annually at the end of each year. Today is the first day of a new year. Nakatomi has announced that it will pay dividends of $1.045 billion (in aggregate) at the end of the current year. Next year Nakatomi will hold dividends constant and it will resume stock repurchases. It plans to spend $4.045 billion repurchasing shares. In the years following, analysts expect payouts to grow in perpetuity at 3% per annum. Stockholders require a return of 10% and there are 1.03 billion shares outstanding. What is the fair price for Nakatomi's shares today?
$65.10
$60.52
$63.25
$64.10
15.
Sirius Cybernetics faces tough competition from Cyberdyne systems. Sirius has decided to suspend payouts and instead invest the cash in R&D. Sirius makes its payouts annually at the end of each year. Today is the first day of a new year. Sirius
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has announced no payouts at the end of this year or next year. Payouts will resume three years from yesterday and analysts expect it will pay dividends of $1.445 billion (in aggregate) and repurchase $4.055 billion worth of shares. In the years following, analysts expect payouts to grow in perpetuity at 5% per annum. Stockholders require a return of 9% and there are 1.23 billion shares outstanding. What is the fair price for Sirius's shares today?
$95.10
$94.09
$93.25
$90.52
16.
When would you most likely use the P/E ratio approach to stock valuation?
(Select the best choice below.)
when stock prices are usually volatile
when evaluating publicly held companies with stable dividend payouts
when conducting ratio analysis of a company since the P/E ratio would be computed anyway
when a firm does not pay dividends such as for privately held companies
Chapter 5
1.
Assume you buy a share of stock at $40, it pays $1.86 in dividends, and you sell it 193
days later for$34. What is your annualized return? Enter a negative percentage for a loss and assume a 365-day year.
-10.35%
-23.02%
19.57%
-19.57%
2.
Which of the following statements best describes the expected return concept? (Select the best choice below.)
The expected return is the weighted average of all stocks in your portfolio.
The expected return is the arithmetic average of the expected states of nature.
The expected return is the weighted average return where the weights represent what you expected the security to return in various states of nature.
The expected return is the return you need to be satisfied with your investment.
Chapter 6
1.
What is the correlation of returns for the two assets whose portfolio return and standard deviations are shown in the graph? (Both assets are risky and all portfolio weights are positive.)
correlation = 0
correlation = +1
correlation = -1
2.
What is the correlation of returns for the two assets whose portfolio return and standard deviations are shown in the graph? (Both assets are risky and all portfolio weights are positive.)
correlation = -1
correlation = +1
correlation = 0
3.
What is the correlation of returns for the two assets whose portfolio return and standard deviations are shown in the graph? (Both assets are risky and all portfolio weights are positive.)
correlation = +1
correlation = -1
correlation = 0
4.
You are a portfolio manager building a low-risk portfolio. Two of your analysts are arguing over whether the portfolio should include shares in Intelsat, the satellite manufacturer. Which of the following of the analysts’ arguments is correct?
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The stock should not be included because it is too risky. It has a very high standard deviation of returns, because if a rocket launch fails, then the company loses a satellite worth more than $250 million.
The stock should not be included because it is too risky. It has a very high standard deviation of returns, because if a rocket launch fails, then the company loses a satellite worth more than $250 million.
The stock should be included, because it is low risk. The event of a launch failure is uncorrelated with the risks affecting the other stocks in the portfolio.
5.
The graph below shows the returns and standard deviations of the portfolios of assets A and B. Asset A has an expected return of 5% and standard deviation of 20%. Asset B has an expected return of 12% and standard deviation of 50%. The returns on the two assets are perfectly positively correlated. Portfolio X has an expected return of 6.75% and standard deviation of 27.5%. What is the portfolio weight on asset B in the portfolio marked X on the graph?
Chapter 2
If net income was $12,000, interest expense was $6,000, and taxes were $2,000, what is the operating profit margin if sales were $60,000?
(
Express your answer to one decimal place.
)
What is the quick ratio if cash is $9,000, accounts receivable are 29,000, inventories are $25,000, accounts payable are $36,000, and accrued payroll is $16,000?
0.73
0.68
0.8
0.64
The DuPont analysis calculates ROE as the product of
leverage, market value, and turnover.
profitability, liquidity, and leverage.
activity, leverage, and debt.
margin, turnover, and leverage.
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Chapter 7
The 1-year spot rate is 7%. The 1-year spot rate expected for next year is 5.0093% and the 1-year spot rate expected in two years is 3.0282%. What are the 2-year and 3-year spot rates predicted by the pure expectations theory?
Express your answers in percentage form rounded to the nearest percent.
The 10-year T-note has a Bloomberg price quote of 98-26. What is the price as a percentage of face
value?
98.46875
98.8125
98.0625
98.71875
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Consider an annual coupon bond with a face value of $
100, 12 years to
maturity, and a price of $90. The coupon rate on the bond is 4%. If you can reinvest coupons at a rate of 3.97
% per
annum,
then how much money do you have if you hold the bond to
maturity?
A U.S. Government T-bond matures in 24 years and has a face value of $100. The bond has a coupon rate of 4% paid semi-annually (the next coupon is due in 6 months). The yield on the bond is 5%. If coupons are re-invested at 2.8332% per annum, then how much interest is earned on re-
invested coupons over the life of the bond? Calculate the interest as a percentage of the total cash
flows received at maturity by the bondholder.
17%
19%
18%
16%
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