Part Concepts Instruction: Shade the letter that corresponds to your answer. Use the answer sheet above, 1. Which of these statements are pertinent to cost of capital?” 1. Itis the return that investors demand for a given level of risk, 2. It may be employed as a benchmark for the evaluation of performance. 3. For investments decisions, it must be based on the current or prospective cost of the various capital components rather on their historical costs 4, It may also be used in acquisition analysis, liquidation studies and source of financing decisions, 5. Itmay differ from the hurdle rate used to reflect the altemative risk attributed to a specific project, decision, or business unit a. All five statements. ¢. Statements 1,2,3 and 4 only. bb. Statements 1,2 and 3 only. 4. Statements 1,2-4 and 5 only. 2. EF Company has made the decision it finance nest year’s capital projects through deb rather than additional equity. The benchmark cost of capital for these projects should be, a. The before-tax costs of new-debt financing b. ‘The after-tax costs of new-debt financing. ©. The cost of equity financing 4d, ‘The weighted-average cost of capital. The minimum return that a project must earn for a company in order to leave the value of the company unchanged isthe. a. Current borrowing mit. c. Discount rate. b. Capitalization rate, . Cost of capital. a 3. A firm must select from among several methods of financing arrangements when meeting its capital requirements. To acquire additional growth capital while attempting to maximize earnings per share, a firm should normally a. Attempt to increase both debt and equity in equal proportio and maintains investors confidence. b, Select debt over equity initially, even through increased debt is accompanied by interest cost and a degree of risk. Select equity over deb intially. which minimizes risk and avoids the interest cos. 4. Discontinue dividends and use current cash flow, which avoids the cost and risk of increased debt and the dilution of EPS through increased equity. , Which preserves a stable capital structure b. 4. A firm’s capital structure a, Minimizes the firm’s tax liability, leverage. b. Minimizes firm’srisk, 4d. Maximizes the price of the firm’s stock. c. Maximizes the firm’s degree of financial If K is the cost of debt and tis the m: inal tax rate, the after-tax cost of dott. ks the best represented by the formula fa kis kt a bkI=KI(I-D, h 6. The three elements needed to estimate the cost of equity capital for use in determining a firm's weighted- average cost of capital are a, Current dividends per share, expected growth rate in dividends per share, and, current book value per share of common stock. b. Current earnings per share, expected growth rate in dividends per share, and current market price per share of common stock. ©. Current earnings per share, expected growth rate in earnings per share, and current bok value per share of common stock. d. Current dividends per share, expected growth rate in dividends per share, the current market price per share of common its. i 7. The explicit cost of debt financingis the interest expense. The implicit cost(s) of delt financing is (are) the a. Increase in the cost of debt as the debt-to-equity ratio increases, Increases in the cost of debt and equity as the debt-to-equity ratio increases. €. Increase in the cost of equity as the debt-to-equity ratio decreaseDecrease in the weighted-avers ¢ cost of capital as the debt-to-cquity ratio increase, i 8, All ofthe following ate examples of imputed costs except a. The stated interest paid on a bank loan, 1b, The use of the firm’s internal cash funds to purchase assets. ©. Assets that are considered obsolete that maintain a net book value. . Develerated depreciation k 9, Assume that nominal interest has just increased substantially but thatthe expected future dividends fora company over the long run were not affected. As a result of the increase in nominal interest rates, the ‘company’s stock price should a. Increase Decrease 1b, Stay constant 4. Change, but in no obviows direction, 10, In general, it is more expensive fora company to finance with equity capital than in debt capital because. a. Long-term bonds have a maturity date and must therefore be repaid in the future b. Investors are exposed to greater risk with equity capital © Equity capital is in greater demand than debt capital Dividends fluctuate to a greater extent than interest rates, t 11, Ifeompany has a higher dividend-payout ratio, then, if all else is equal, it will have a. A higher marginal cost of capital ¢. Ahigher investment opportunity schedule 1b, A lower marginal cost of capital 4. A lower investment opportunity schedule, e. 12. The expected return on Natter Corporation's stock is 14%. The stock’s dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 8%, and it currently sells for PSO a share, Which of the following statements is CORRECT? fa, Thestock’s dividend yield is 7% gb. The stock’s dividend yield is 8% h. c. The current dividend per share is P4.00, id. Thestock price is expected to be PS4 a share one year from now i 13, Which of the following statements is CORRECT? k. a. Preferred stockhoklers have a priority over bondholders in the event of bankruptcy to the income, but not to the proceeds in a liquidation Lb. The preferred stock of a given firm is generally less risky to investors than the same firm’s common stock. m. c. Corponitions cannot buy the preferred stocks of other corporations, n.d. Preferred dividends are not generally cumulative. o. 14, Which of the following statements is CORRECT? p. a. A major disadvantage of financing with preferred stock is that preferred stockholders typically have supemormal voting rights 4. b. Preferred stock is normally expected to provide steadier, more reliable income to investors than the same firm’s common stock, and, as a result, the expected after-tax yield on the preferred is lower than the after-tax expected return on the common stock. rc. The preemptive right isa provision in all comporate charters that gives preferred stockholders the right to purchase (on a pro rata basis) new issues of preferred stock. s. d. One of the disidvantages toa corporation of owning preferred stock is thit 70% of the dividends received represent taxable income to the corporate recipient, whereas interest income eamed ‘on bonds would be tax free. t 15. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? u. a, [fa company has two classes of common stock, Class Aand Class B, the stocks may pay different dividends, but under all state charters the two classes must have the same voting rights. ¥. b, The preemptive right gives stockhoMers the right to approve or disapprove of a menzer between their company and some other company w.c. The preemptive right is a provision in the corporate charter that gives common stockholders the right to purchase (on a pro rata basis) new issues of the firm's common stock. xd. The stock valuation model, Py = Dy/(r,~ g), cannot he used for firms that have negative growth rates y. 16. Gary, Inc. is planning to use retained earrings to finance anticipated capital expenditures. The beta cociticient for Gary's stock is 1.157. The risk free rate of interest is 8.5%, and the market return is estimated at 12.4%. Ifa new issue of common stock where used in the model, the flotation costs would be 7%.By19, 20. 21 n. 2B. 24. using the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) equation [R = RF + B (RM ~ RF)], the cost of using retained ‘earnings to finance the capital expenditures is a. 13.21% c. 12.99% b. 12.40% ad 14.26% e KG Ine, has the following mix of funds and costs: f Type Amount Cost 8 Debt 150,000 18% h Preferred stock 500,000, Is i Common equity 700,000 2 i Total funds; 1,350,000 k. 1 What is KG's cost of capital? a. 13.78% e. 12.22% b. 15.22% 13.22% e Newmass, Inc. paid cash dividends to its common shareholders over the past 12 months at P2.20 per share. The current market value of the common stocks is P40 per share and investors are anticipating the common dividends to grow at a rate of 6% annually. The cost to issue new common stocks will be 5% of the market value. The cost of new common stock will be a. 11.50% €. 79% b. 11.83% d 2.14% e Schnusenberg Corporation just paid a dividend of Dy = P0.75 per share, and that dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 6.50% per year in the future. The company’s beta is 1.25, the required return on the market is 10.50%, and the risk-free rate is 4.50%, What is the company’s current stock price? fa PIAS? hoc. PIS.26 gb P1489 id PIS.64 i Goode Inc.'s stock has a required rate of return of 11.50%, and it sells for P25.00 per share, Goode’ dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 7.00%, What was the last dividend, D? koa POS me PLIG Lob PLOS nd PLT ©, Francis Inc's stock has a required rate of return of 10.25%, and itsells for PS7.50 per share. The dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 6.00% per year. What is the expected year-end dividend, D? pa P2.20 Roe P26 ab PRA sd P296 i Sorenson Corp.'s expected year-end dividend is D = P1.60, its required return is r, = 11.00%, its dividend vyield is 6.00%, and its growth rate fS expected to be constant in the future, What is Sorenson's expected stock price in 7 years, ie., what is ua, P3752 wee PAL3T vb. P3040, xd PARA y The Francis Company is expected to P1.25 per share at the end of the year, and that, dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 6.00% per year in the future. The company's beta is 1.15, the market risk premium is 5.50%, and the risk-free rate is 4.00%, What is the company’s current stock price? za P2890 abc, P3036 aa b. P2962 aed PBL ad The Isberg Company just paid a dividend of PO.75 per share, and that dividend is expected to grow at a ‘constant rate of 5.50% per year in the future. ‘The company’s beta is 1.15, the market risk premium is 5.00%, and the risk-free rate is 4.00%, What is the company's current stock price, P:? ae. a.— PI8.62 agc. — PIOS6 afb. PIS.O8 ahd P2005 aii Whited Inc.'s stock currently sells for P35.25 per share. The dividend is projected to increase at a constant rate of 4.75% per year. The required rate of return on the stock, r, is 11.50%, What is the stock's expected price 5 years from now? aj. a PAOLIT al. c. P4226 ak. b. P4120 amd. P4446