Questions from Corporate Finance


Q: Scanlin, Inc., is considering a project that will result in

Scanlin, Inc., is considering a project that will result in initial after tax cash savings of $2.7 million at the end of the first year, and these savings will grow at a rate of 4 percent per year ind...

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Q: Goodbye, Inc., recently issued new securities to finance a new

Goodbye, Inc., recently issued new securities to finance a new TV show. The project cost $15 million, and the company paid $850,000 in flotation costs. In addition, the equity issued had a flotation c...

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Q: Ying Import has several bond issues outstanding, each making semiannual

Ying Import has several bond issues outstanding, each making semiannual interest payments. The bonds are listed in the following table. If the corporate tax rate is 34 percent, what is the after tax c...

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Q: Floyd Industries stock has a beta of 1.50. The company

Floyd Industries stock has a beta of 1.50. The company just paid a dividend of $.80, and the dividends are expected to grow at 5 percent. The expected return of the market is 12 percent, and Treasury...

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Q: Show that the value of a right just prior to

Show that the value of a right just prior to expiration can be written as:Value of a right = PRO – PX = (PRO – PS)/(N + 1) Where P RO , P S , and P X stand for the rights-on price, the subscription pr...

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Q: Roth Corp. wants to raise $5.6 million via a rights

Roth Corp. wants to raise $5.6 million via a rights offering. The company currently has 650,000 shares of common stock outstanding that sell for $50 per share. Its underwriter has set a subscription p...

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Q: Knight Inventory Systems, Inc., has announced a rights offer. The

Knight Inventory Systems, Inc., has announced a rights offer. The company has announced that it will take four rights to buy a new share in the offering at a subscription price of $35. At the close of...

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Q: Tool Manufacturing has an expected EBIT of $64,000 in perpetuity

Tool Manufacturing has an expected EBIT of $64,000 in perpetuity and a tax rate of 35 percent. The firm has $95,000 in outstanding debt at an interest rate of 8.5 percent, and its unlevered cost of ca...

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Q: Until It Sleeps Corporation expects an EBIT of $14,000 every

Until It Sleeps Corporation expects an EBIT of $14,000 every year forever. Until It Sleeps currently has no debt, and its cost of equity is 16 percent. The firm can borrow at 9 percent. If the corpora...

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Q: The Veblen Company and the Knight Company are identical in

The Veblen Company and the Knight Company are identical in every respect except that Veblen is not levered. Financial information for the two firms appears in the following table. All earnings streams...

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