Discuss the relationship between the coupon rate (original interest rate at time of issue) on a bond and its security provisions.
> Robbins Petroleum Company is four years in arrears on cumulative preferred stock dividends. There are 690,000 preferred shares outstanding, and the annual dividend is $6.50 per share. The vice president of finance sees no real hope of paying the dividend
> Peabody Mining Company’s common stock is selling for $50 the day before the stock goes ex-dividend. The annual dividend yield is 5.6 percent, and dividends are distributed quarterly. Based solely on the impact of the cash dividend, by how much should the
> Moon and Sons Inc. earned $120 million last year and retained $72 million. What is the payout ratio?
> You buy an 8 percent, 25-year, $1,000-par-value floating rate bond in 1999. By the year 2004, rates on bonds of similar risk are up to 11 percent. What is your one best guess as to the value of the bond?
> King’s Department Store is contemplating the purchase of a new machine at a cost of $22,802. The machine will provide $3,500 per year in cash flow for nine years. King’s has a cost of capital of 10 percent. Using the internal rate of return method, evalu
> Front Beam Lighting Company has the following ratios compared to its industry for last year. Explain why the return-on-equity ratio is so much less favorable than the return-on-assets ratio compared to the industry. No numbers are necessary; a one-sent
> Classify the following balance sheet items as current or noncurrent: Retained earnings………………………………………Bonds payable Accounts payable……………………………Accrued wages payable Prepaid expenses………………………………..Accounts receivable Plant and equipment………………………Capital in
> KeySpan Corp. is planning to issue debt that will mature in 2035. In many respects, the issue is similar to the currently outstanding debt of the corporation. a. Using Table 11-3, identify the yield to maturity on similarly outstanding debt for the firm
> Why might a stock dividend or a stock split be of limited value to an investor?
> The shares of the Dyer Drilling Co. sell for $60. The firm has a P/E ratio of 15. Forty percent of earnings is paid out in dividends. What is the firm’s dividend yield?
> The stock of Pills Berry Company is currently selling at $60 per share. The firm pays a dividend of $1.80 per share. a. What is the annual dividend yield? b. If the firm has a payout rate of 50 percent, what is the firm’s P/E ratio?
> Assume you are risk-averse and have the following three choices. Which project will you select? Compute the coefficient of variation for each.
> What effect did the recession of 2007–2009 have on government regulation?
> What factors beyond the normal domestic analysis go into a financial feasibility study for a multinational firm?
> Differentiate between the spot exchange rate and the forward exchange rate.
> What are ADRs?
> What is the danger or concern in floating a Eurobond issue?
> What is a letter of credit?
> What risks does a foreign affiliate of a multinational firm face in today’s business world?
> How is a stock split (versus a stock dividend) treated on the financial statements of a corporation?
> How is goodwill now treated in a merger?
> What is the difference between horizontal integration and vertical integration? How does antitrust policy affect the nature of mergers?
> Why might the portfolio effect of a merger provide a higher valuation for the participating firms?
> What is the difference between a merger and a consolidation?
> What is the purpose(s) of the two-step buyout from the viewpoint of the acquiring company?
> Why do management and stockholders often have divergent viewpoints about the desirability of a takeover?
> What is a typical merger premium paid in a merger or acquisition? What effect does this premium have on the market value of the merger candidate and when is most of this movement likely to take place?
> Name three industries in which mergers have been prominent.
> Explain why warrants are issued. (Why are they used in corporate finance?)
> Explain the difference between basic earnings per share and diluted earnings per share.
> Explain the relationship between a company’s growth possibilities and its dividend policy.
> What is meant by a step-up in the conversion price?
> Why is it said that convertible securities have a floor price?
> What are the differences between a call option and a put option?
> What are the reasons that warrants often sell above their intrinsic value?
> If you buy stock on the ex-dividend date, will you receive the upcoming quarterly dividend?
> Discuss how desire for control may influence a firm’s willingness to pay dividends.
> Since initial contributed capital theoretically belongs to the stockholders, why are there legal restrictions on paying out the funds to the stockholders?
> How does the marginal principle of retained earnings relate to the returns that a stockholder may make in other investments?
> What is the most likely explanation for the use of preferred stock from a corporate viewpoint?
> How does the preemptive right protect stockholders from dilution?
> How does the stockholder, in general, feel about the relevance of dividends?
> What is the purpose of cumulative voting? Are there any disadvantages to management?
> Why might a corporation use a special category such as founders’ stock in issuing common stock?
> What is an advantage of floating rate preferred stock for the risk-averse investor?
> Why has corporate management become increasingly sensitive to the desires of large institutional investors?
> What is the purpose of serial repayments and sinking funds?
> What method of “bond repayment” reduces debt and increases the amount of common stock outstanding?
> Take the following list of securities and arrange them in order of their priority of claims: Preferred stock………………………..Senior debenture Subordinated debenture………..Senior secured debt Common stock………………………Junior secured debt
> Explain the close parallel between a finance lease and the borrow-purchase decision from the viewpoint of both the balance sheet and the income statement.
> What are some specific features of bond agreements?
> Discuss the difference between a passive and an active dividend policy.
> What do we mean by capitalizing lease payments?
> What is a Eurobond?
> Explain how floating rate bonds can save the investor from potential embarrassments in portfolio valuations.
> What cost of capital is generally used in evaluating a bond refunding decision? Why?
> How does the bond rating affect the interest rate paid by a corporation on its bonds?
> Corporate debt has been expanding very dramatically in the last three decades. What has been the impact on interest coverage, particularly since 1977?
> If a company was looking for capital by way of a private placement, where would it look for funds?
> Discuss the reason for the differences between underwriting spreads for stocks and bonds.
> Discuss how an underwriting syndicate decreases risk for each underwriter and at the same time facilitates the distribution process.
> What is privatization?
> What advantages to the corporation and the stockholder do dividend reinvestment plans offer?
> How might a leveraged buyout eventually lead to high returns for companies?
> Why is secondary trading in the security markets important?
> What are electronic communication networks (ECNs)? Generally speaking, are they currently part of the operations of the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ Stock Market?
> Do corporations rely more on external or internal funds as sources of financing?
> What are three forms of corporate securities discussed in the chapter?
> What is a key tax characteristic associated with state and local (municipal) securities?
> How does foreign investment help the U.S. government?
> What foreign industry has privatization been most important in?
> What was the purpose of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002?
> What act of Congress created the Securities and Exchange Commission?
> Does it make sense for a corporation to repurchase its own stock? Explain.
> What was the primary purpose of the Securities Act of 1933?
> How would you define efficient security markets?
> In addition to U.S. corporations, what government groups compete for funds in the U.S. capital markets?
> Assume a company, correlated with the economy, is evaluating six projects, of which two are positively correlated with the economy, two are negatively correlated, and two are not correlated with it at all. Which two projects would you select to minimize
> If corporate managers are risk-averse, does this mean they will not take risks? Explain.
> If a corporation has projects that will earn more than the cost of capital, should it ration capital?
> What does the term mutually exclusive investments mean?
> What is normally used as the discount rate in the net present value method?
> What are the weaknesses of the payback method?
> What are the important administrative considerations in the capital budgeting process?
> Preferred stock is often referred to as a hybrid security. What is meant by this term as applied to preferred stock?
> How are the weights determined to arrive at the optimal weighted average cost of capital?
> Why is the cost of issuing new common stock (Kn) higher than the cost of retained earnings (Ke)?
> Why is the cost of retained earnings the equivalent of the firm’s own required rate of return on common stock (Ke)?
> Explain why retained earnings have an associated opportunity cost?
> What are the two sources of equity (ownership) capital for the firm?
> In computing the cost of capital, do we use the historical costs of existing debt and equity or the current costs as determined in the market? Why?
> How does the cost of a source of capital relate to the valuation concepts presented previously in Chapter 10?
> What effect would inflation have on a company’s cost of capital?
> Why do we use the overall cost of capital for investment decisions even when only one source of capital will be used (e.g., debt)?
> What two conditions must be met to go from Formula 10-7 to Formula 10-8 in using the dividend valuation model?
> Why might management use a poison pill strategy?
> What type of dividend pattern for common stock is similar to the dividend payment for preferred stock?
> Why is a change in required yield for preferred stock likely to have a greater impact on price than a change in required yield for bonds?
> What are the three adjustments that have to be made in going from annual to semiannual bond analysis?
> If inflationary expectations increase, what is likely to happen to yield to maturity on bonds in the marketplace? What is also likely to happen to the price of bonds?
