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Assume that you have an opportunity to buy the stock of​ CoolTech, Inc., an IPO being offered for ​$10.78 per share. Although you are very much interested in owning the​ company, you are concerned about whether it is fairly priced. To determine the value of the​ shares, you have decided to apply the free cash flow valuation model to the​ firm's financial data that​ you've accumulated from a variety of data sources. The key values you have compiled are summarized in the following​ table, a. Use the free cash flow valuation model to estimate​ CoolTech's common stock value per share. b.  Judging by your finding in part a and the​ stock's offering​ price, should you buy the​ stock? c. On further​ analysis, you find that the growth rate in FCF beyond year 4will be 5​% rather than 4​%. What effect would this finding have on your responses in parts a and b​?

The publicly-traded company that you will use for your research paper is Apple Inc. write an abstract and introduction on the following :     Corporate Governance Analysis    Stockholder Analysis    Capital Structure Choices    Valuation – This is qualitative in nature. Research the previous annual reports to assist you with valuation. Sites, such as Yahoo Finance are also useful for these valuations.    Suggestions for Improving the Company in the Future

3. Below is a snapshot of some information about Microsoft Corporation from Yahoo! Finance on 10/16/2019.    B) What is the Microsoft stock price and the market cap?  C) Based on the information you collected in question (1), what is the total number of shares outstanding for Microsoft? (Hint: Market cap is the short name for “Market capitalization”. It represents the market value of a company’s total outstanding shares. It is equal to the stock price per share* total number of shares outstanding).  D)What is Microsoft dividend payment and dividend yield?

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You are an investment adviser. One of your clients approaches you for your advice on investing in equity shares of Alpha Company. You have collected the following data: Earnings per share last year $4.00 Payout ratio 0.40 Return on equity 0.25 Cost of equity capital 0.20 The company plans to increase the payout ratio to 50% after year 5. Required: i) Estimate the price of an equity share of this company using an appropriate dividend discount model and advise your client whether they should buy a share of the company. ii) Your client is keen to know whether there are any positive growth opportunities from their investment. Explain to your client the meaning of this concept using appropriate calculations. Note: Use two decimal places in your calculations

Read carefully the following scenarios and answer the questions asked in each scenario after analysis: 1. The following quote on Yahoo! stock appeared on April 11, 2016, on Yahoo! Finance(please see attached picture): If you wanted to buy Yahoo!, what price would you pay per share? How much would you receive per share if you wanted to sell Yahoo!?

You are an investment adviser. One of your clients approaches you for your advice on investing in equity shares of Alpha Company. You have collected the following data: Earnings per share last year $6.00 Payout ratio 0.40 Return on equity 0.30 Cost of equity capital 0.20 The company plans to increase the payout ratio to 60% from year 5. Required: i) Estimate the price of an equity share of this company using an appropriate dividend discount model and advise your client whether they should buy a share of the company. ii) Your client is keen to know whether there are any positive growth opportunities from their investment. Explain to your client the meaning of this concept using appropriate calculations. Notes: You need to show detailed calculations in order to receive full marks for this question iii)If there are positive or negative growth opportunities, explain the reason for such opportunities.

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After reviewing this week's content, when you think about securities (i.e., stock and bond) valuation, you should be able to view securities from both an investor's perspective as well as a corporation's perspective. Explain how an investor's expected rate of return on a stock and a bond is linked to an organization's required rate of return on that stock and bond. In addition, provide an example of a company whose stock (Note: You could use Yahoo!Finance to search for companies and their historical performance) was affected when it released its earnings (i.e., 10K-Annual Report or 10Q-Quarterly Report) and indicate, from a business perspective, why the value of that company's equity fell or rose as a result of a business outcome.

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The attached file contains hypothetical data for working this problem. Goodman Corporation’s and Landry Incorporated’s stock prices and dividends, along with the Market Index, are shown in the file. Stock prices are reported for December 31 of each year, and dividends reflect those paid during the year. The market data are adjusted to include dividends. On a stand-alone basis which corporation is the least risky?

In a few sentences, answer the following question as completely as you can. Imagine you are the treasurer of a small manufacturing firm. Your firm is planning to go public (i.e., sell stock to investors for the first time). One unresolved question concerns the market’s required return on the stock. Given what you have learned, how do you think the required return will affect the market value of your firm’s stock? How would you go about estimating this rate?

On a particular date, Microsoft has a stock price of.... Please answer the accounting question

On a particular date, Microsoft has a stock price of $420.30 and EPS of $11.20.... please answer the financial accounting question

What would the price of the stock be for black adam enterprise on these financial accounting question?

You are an investment adviser. One of your clients approaches you for your advice on investing in equity sharesof Alpha Company. You have collected the following data:Earnings per share last year $5.00Payout ratio 0.30Return on equity 0.30Cost of equity capital 0.25The company plans to increase the payout ratio to 40% from year 6.Required:i) Estimate the price of an equity share of this company using an appropriate dividend discount modeland advise your client whether they should buy a share of the company.ii) Your client is keen to know whether there are any positive growth opportunities from theirinvestment. Explain to your client the meaning of this concept using appropriate calculations.

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The analysis that we have to provide is as follows: Review the specifics of the IPO, including underwriting spread and other expenses. Consider the concept of underpricing and a higher than normal first day spike in stock price. What does this mean for the issuing company? What does this mean for the underwriter?   The Mini Case we have to go off of is:   Mutt.Com was founded in 2015 by two graduates of the University of Wisconsin with help from Georgina Sloberg, who had built up an enviable reputation for backing new start-up businesses. Mutt.Com's user-friendly system was designed to find buyers for unwanted pets. Within 3 years, the company was generating revenues of $3.4 million a year and, despite racking up sizable losses, was regarded by investors as one of the hottest new e-commerce businesses. Therefore, the news that the company was preparing to go public generated considerable excitement. The company's entire equity capital of 1.5 million shares was owned by the two founders…

Imagine yourself as a financial manager in a company, and you are requested to provide a financial report including the calculation of the current market rate of return from the investor's perspective for each of the four investment options, taking into consideration the followings:  Common stocks available for investment are:  2,500,000 shares of common stock, with a par balance of $1 per share.  The current market value of the common share is $24.43 per share.  Annual earnings per share $1.95.  Bonds available for investment  $1,750,000 bonds (A) with an interest of 6.25%, with a current market value of $104 per bond (price of $104 per $100).  $2,250,000 Notes B, with an interest rate of 5.75%, with a current market value of $94.50 (price $94.50 per $100 note).  The corporate tax rate is 35%.  Preferred shares available for investment  950,000 outstanding preferred shares with a par value of $10 with a preferential dividend payment…

In Chapter 2 of the textbook (pages 90-91), there is a set of financial statements for the hypothetical firm, Cheesy Chuck’s Classic Corn. Suppose you have been approached with an offer to invest in shares of the firm.  Based on the accounting information provided, would you invest? Why...or why not? Please explain in detail.