Questions from Corporate Finance


Q: SMA Inc. is considering issuing the following securities. For which

SMA Inc. is considering issuing the following securities. For which security would a competitive sale be less costly than a negotiated sale under stable market conditions? Why? (LO 5) a) Plain vanilla...

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Q: Central Grocers Inc. produces annual cash flows of $175,

Central Grocers Inc. produces annual cash flows of $175,000, which are expected to continue indefinitely. The company is financed entirely with equity capital at an annual cost of 12 percent. Manageme...

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Q: Southwest Airlines has substantial cash reserves and an investment-grade bond

Southwest Airlines has substantial cash reserves and an investment-grade bond rating. How would the trade-off theory predict that managers of Southwest would raise capital and choose the company’s cap...

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Q: What control implications do a firm’s capital structure decisions have?

What control implications do a firm’s capital structure decisions have?

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Q: Mars Company had net sales of $18 million in the year

Mars Company had net sales of $18 million in the year that just ended. Next year, the company’s management expects a 15 percent increase in sales. If cost of goods sold is 60 percent of sales and inve...

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Q: Lavaca Inc. management expects net sales to be $855,

Lavaca Inc. management expects net sales to be $855,000, total costs to be $647,000, and to pay taxes at an average rate of 32 percent this year. If the Lavaca pays out 38 percent of its earnings as d...

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Q: Spurlock Inc. had net income of $266,778 in

Spurlock Inc. had net income of $266,778 in its most recent fiscal year and total assets of $1,833,400 at the end of the year. The company’s total debt ratio (total debt to total assets) is 35 percent...

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Q: Using the information in Sample Test Problem 19.3, what

Using the information in Sample Test Problem 19.3, what is Spurlock’s capital intensity ratio if the company has net sales of $3,557,100? What does this ratio tell us? Refer to the information in pro...

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Q: Edgefield Excavation Company has total assets of $4,976,

Edgefield Excavation Company has total assets of $4,976,456, sales of $1,225,700, and net income of $587,000. The company’s management expects sales to grow by 9 percent next year. All costs (includin...

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Q: Explain why firms generally sell their equity and complicated debt issues through

Explain why firms generally sell their equity and complicated debt issues through negotiated sales?

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