10722018 Chapter 7 Case-Katon Star Student: Kolton Starr Instructor: Alan Eastman Course: FIN 320 Fall 2016 ate: 10/2/16 Assignment: Chapter 7 Case 1. Assessing the Impact of Suarez Manufacturing's Proposed Risky Investment on Its Stock Value Early in 2013, Inez Marcus, the chiet financial officer for Suarez Manufacturing, was given tho task of assessing the impact of a proposed risky investment on the firm's stock value. To perform the necessary analysis, Inez gathered the fllwing information on the firm's stock. During the immediate past 5 years (2008-2012), the annual dividends paid on the fim's common stock were as follows (Click on the icon located on the top-right comer of the data table below in order to copy its content into a spreadsheet.) Year 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Dividend per share $1.90 1.55 1.40 1.30 The firm expects that without the proposed investment, the dividend in 2013 will be $2.09 per share and the historical annual rate of growth (rounded to the nearest whole percent) will continue in the future. Currently, the required retum on the common stock is 14.0%. Inez's research indicates that if the proposed investment is undertaken, the 2013 dividend will rise to $2. 15 per share and the anual rate of dividend growth wil increase to 13.0%. She feels that in the best case, the dividend would continue to grow at this rate each year into the future and that in the worst case, the 13.0% annual rate of growth in dividends would continue only through 2015, and then, at the beginning of 2016, would return to the rate that was experienced between 2008 and 2012. As a result of the increased risk associated with the proposed risky investment, the required return on the common stock is expected to increase by 2.0% to an annual rate or 16.0%.egadess of which dividend growth outcome occurs Armed with the preceding information, Inez must now assess the impact of the proposed risky investment on the market value of Suarez's stock. To Do a. Find the current value per share of Suarez Manufacturing's common stock. b. Find the value of Suarez's common stock in the event that it undertakes the proposed risky investment and assuming that the dividend growth rate stays at 13.0% forever. Compare this value to that found in part (a), what effect would the proposed investment have on the fim's stockholders? Explain. c. On the basis of your findings in part (b), do the stockholders win or lose as a result of undertaking the proposed risky investment? Should the firm do it? Why? d. Rework parts (a) and (b) assuming that at the beginning of 2016 the annual dividend growth rate retums to the rate experienced between 2008 and 2012 a. Find the current value per share of Suarez Manufacturing's common stock. The growth rate of dividends is The current value per share will be $ %. (Round to two decimal places.) Round to the nearest cent.) s common stock in the event that it undertakes the proposed risky investment and assuming b. Find the value of Suarez's common stock in the event that it undertakes the proposed risky investment and assuming that the dividend growth rate stays at 13.0% forever. Compare this value to that found in part (a). The value of common stock if the risky investment is made will be $ What effect would the proposed investment have on the firm's stockholders? Explain (Select from the d The higher growh rate associated with undertaking the investment (1) Round to the nearest cent.) What effect would the proposed investment have on the frm's stockholders? Explain. (Select from the drop-down menu.) the market value of the stock. c. On the basis of your findings in part (tb), do the stockholders win or lose as a result of undertaking the investment? Should the firm do it? Why? (Select from the drop-down menus.) proposed risky