Questions from Corporate Finance


Q: Backcountry Adventures is a Colorado-based outdoor travel agent that operates

Backcountry Adventures is a Colorado-based outdoor travel agent that operates a series of winter backcountry huts. Currently, the value of the firm (debt + equity) is $3.5 million. But profits will de...

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Q: Find online the annual 10-K report for Costco Wholesale Corporation

Find online the annual 10-K report for Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) for fiscal year 2015 (filed in October 2015). Answer the following questions from their income statement: a. What were Costco...

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Q: Suppose Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company is considering divesting one of its

Suppose Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company is considering divesting one of its manufacturing plants. The plant is expected to generate free cash flows of $1.5 million per year, growing at a rate of 2.5%...

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Q: Suppose Alcatel-Lucent has an equity cost of capital of 10

Suppose Alcatel-Lucent has an equity cost of capital of 10%, market capitalization of $10.8 billion, and an enterprise value of $14.4 billion. Suppose Alcatel-Lucent’s debt cost of c...

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Q: Acort Industries has 10 million shares outstanding and a current share price

Acort Industries has 10 million shares outstanding and a current share price of $40 per share. It also has long-term debt outstanding. This debt is risk free, is four years away from maturity, has ann...

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Q: Suppose Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company has an equity cost of capital

Suppose Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company has an equity cost of capital of 8.5%, a debt cost of capital of 7%, a marginal corporate tax rate of 35%, and a debt-equity ratio of 2.6. Suppose Goodyear mai...

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Q: You are a consultant who was hired to evaluate a new product

You are a consultant who was hired to evaluate a new product line for Markum Enterprises. The upfront investment required to launch the product line is $10 million. The product will generate free cash...

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Q: You would like to compare Ideko’s profitability to its competitors’ profitability using

You would like to compare Ideko’s profitability to its competitors’ profitability using the EBITDA/ sales multiple. Given Ideko’s current sales of...

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Q: Reproduce Ideko’s balance sheet and statement of cash flows, assuming Ideko’s

Reproduce Ideko’s balance sheet and statement of cash flows, assuming Ideko’s market share will increase by 0.5% per year; investment, financing, and depreciation will be adjusted accordingly; and the...

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Q: Calculate Ideko’s unlevered cost of capital when Ideko’s unlevered beta is 1

Calculate Ideko’s unlevered cost of capital when Ideko’s unlevered beta is 1.1 rather than 1.2, and all other required estimates are the same as in the chapter.

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