Questions from Corporate Finance


Q: Ayden, Inc., has an issue of preferred stock outstanding that

Ayden, Inc., has an issue of preferred stock outstanding that pays a $4.50 dividend every year, in perpetuity. If this issue currently sells for $87 per share, what is the required return?

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Q: National Electric Company (NEC) is considering a $68 million

National Electric Company (NEC) is considering a $68 million project in its power systems division. Tom Edison, the company’s chief financial officer, has evaluated the project and determined that the...

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Q: Given the choice, would a firm prefer to use MACRS depreciation

Given the choice, would a firm prefer to use MACRS depreciation or straight-line depreciation? Why?

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Q: Given that RadNet was up by about 411 per cent for 2014

Given that RadNet was up by about 411 per cent for 2014, why didn’t all investors hold RadNet?

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Q: The company with the common equity accounts shown here has declared a

The company with the common equity accounts shown here has declared a stock dividend of 15 percent when the market value of its stock is $57 per share. What effects on the equity accounts will the dis...

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Q: Raggio, Inc., has 145,000 shares of stock outstanding

Raggio, Inc., has 145,000 shares of stock outstanding. Each share is worth $75, so the company’s market value of equity is $10,875,000. Suppose the firm issues 30,000 new shares at the following price...

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Q: Quartz Corporation is a relatively new firm. Quartz has experienced enough

Quartz Corporation is a relatively new firm. Quartz has experienced enough losses during its early years to provide it with at least eight years of tax loss carryforwards. Thus, Quartz’s effective tax...

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Q: There is a European put option on a stock that expires in

There is a European put option on a stock that expires in two months. The stock price is $82, and the standard deviation of the stock returns is 70 percent. The option has a strike price of $90, and t...

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Q: An asset used in a four-year project falls in the

An asset used in a four-year project falls in the five-year MACRS class for tax purposes. The asset has an acquisition cost of $8,300,000 and will be sold for $1,700,000 at the end of the project. If...

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Q: B&B has a new baby powder ready to market.

B&B has a new baby powder ready to market. If the firm goes directly to the market with the product, there is only a 55 percent chance of success. However, the firm can conduct customer segment resear...

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