Questions from Corporate Finance


Q: After successfully completing your corporate finance class, you feel the

After successfully completing your corporate finance class, you feel the next challenge ahead is to serve on the board of directors of Schenkel Enterprises. Unfortunately, you will be the only person...

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Q: In the previous problem, assume that the company uses cumulative

In the previous problem, assume that the company uses cumulative voting, and there are four seats in the current election. How much will it cost you to buy a seat now?Previous problem:After successful...

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Q: Colosseum Corp. has a zero coupon bond that matures in

Colosseum Corp. has a zero coupon bond that matures in five years with a face value of $65,000. The current value of the company’s assets is $62,000, and the standard deviation of its return on assets...

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Q: The Perfect Rose Co. has earnings of $3.18 per share.

The Perfect Rose Co. has earnings of $3.18 per share. The benchmark PE for the company is 18. What stock price would you consider appropriate? What if the benchmark PE were 21?

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Q: TwitterMe, Inc., is a new company and currently has negative

TwitterMe, Inc., is a new company and currently has negative earnings. The company’s sales are $2.1 million and there are 130,000 shares outstanding. If the benchmark price-sales ratio is 4.3, what is...

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Q: Moody Farms just paid a dividend of $2.65 on its

Moody Farms just paid a dividend of $2.65 on its stock. The growth rate in dividends is expected to be a constant 3.8 percent per year indefinitely. Investors require a return of 15 percent for the fi...

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Q: Metallica Bearings, Inc., is a young start-up company. No dividends

Metallica Bearings, Inc., is a young start-up company. No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next nine years because the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company will...

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Q: Maurer, Inc., has an odd dividend policy. The company has

Maurer, Inc., has an odd dividend policy. The company has just paid a dividend of $2.75 per share and has announced that it will increase the dividend by $4.50 per share for each of the next five year...

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Q: Lohn Corporation is expected to pay the following dividends over

Lohn Corporation is expected to pay the following dividends over the next four years: $13, $9, $6, and $2.75. Afterward, the company pledges to maintain a constant 5 percent growth rate in dividends f...

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Q: Synovec Co. is growing quickly. Dividends are expected to grow

Synovec Co. is growing quickly. Dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 30 percent for the next three years, with the growth rate falling off to a constant 4 percent thereafter. If the required re...

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