4- Adventure Outfitter Corp. can sell common stock for $27 per share and its investors require a 17% return. However, the administrative or flotation costs associated with selling the stock amount to $2.70 per share. What is the cost of capital for Adventure Outfitter if the corporation raises money by selling common stock? a. 18.33%

b. 17.00%

c. 18.89%

d. 27.00%

5- Baxter Inc. has a target capital structure of 30% debt, 15% preferred stock, and 55% common equity. The company's after-tax cost of debt is 7%, its cost of preferred stock is 11%, its cost of retained earnings is 15%, and its cost of new common stock is 16%. The company stock has a beta of 1.5 and the company's marginal tax rate is 35%. What is the company's weighted average cost of capital if retained earnings are used to fund the common equity portion?

Select one:

a. 11.20%

b. 14.45%

c. 12.00%

d. 13.80%

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Compute the discounted payback period for a project with the following cash flows received uniformly within each year and with a required return of 8%: Initial Outlay = $100 Cash Flows: Year 1 = $40 Year 2 = $50 Year 3 = $60

Select one:

a. 2.21 years

b. 2.10 years

c. 2.42 years

d. 3.00 years

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Design Quilters is considering a project with the following cash flows: Initial Outlay = $126,000 Cash Flows: Year 1 = $44,000 Year 2 = $59,000 Year 3 = $64,000 If the appropriate discount rate is 11.5%, compute the NPV of this project.

Select one:

a. $7,089

b. -$14,947

c. $41,000

d. $2,892

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Determine the five-year equivalent annual annuity of the following project if the appropriate discount rate is 16%: Initial Outflow = $150,000 Cash Flow Year 1 = $40,000 Cash Flow Year 2 = $90,000 Cash Flow Year 3 = $60,000 Cash Flow Year 4 = $0 Cash Flow Year 5 = $80,000

Select one:

a. $7,058

b. $9,454

c. $8,520

d. $9,872

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DYI Construction Co. is considering a new inventory system that will cost $750,000. The system is expected to generate positive cash flows over the next four years in the amounts of $350,000 in year one, $325,000 in year two, $150,000 in year three, and $180,000 in year four. DYI's required rate of return is 8%. What is the net present value of this project?

Select one:

a. $87,417

b. $96,320

c. $104,089

d. $100,328

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DYI Construction Co. is considering a new inventory system that will cost $750,000. The system is expected to generate positive cash flows over the next four years in the amounts of $350,000 in year one, $325,000 in year two, $150,000 in year three, and $180,000 in year four. DYI's required rate of return is 8%. What is the modified internal rate of return of this project?

Select one:

a. 11.57%

b. 13.68%

c. 10.87%

d. 15.13%

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GHJ Inc. is investing in a major capital budgeting project that will require the expenditure of $16 million. The money will be raised by issuing $2 million of bonds, $4 million of preferred stock, and $10 million of new common stock. The company estimates is after-tax cost of debt to be 7%, its cost of preferred stock to be 9%, the cost of retained earnings to be 14%, and the cost of new common stock to be 17%. What is the weighted average cost of capital for this project?

Select one:

a. 13.75%

b. 12.20%

c. 13.12%

d. 14.23%

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Johnson Production Company paid a dividend yesterday of $3.50 per share. The dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 10% per year. The price of KayCee's common stock today is $40 per share. If KayCee decides to issue new common stock, flotation costs will equal $4.00 per share. KayCee's marginal tax rate is 35%. Based on the above information, the cost of new common stock is

Select one:

a. 19.63%.

b. 20.69%.

c. 26.41%.

d. 17.55%.

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Lithium, Inc. is considering two mutually exclusive projects, A and B. Project A costs $95,000 and is expected to generate $65,000 in year one and $75,000 in year two. Project B costs $120,000 and is expected to generate $64,000 in year one, $67,000 in year two, $56,000 in year three, and $45,000 in year four. Lithium, Inc.'s required rate of return for these projects is 10%. The profitability index for Project A is

Select one:

a. 1.22.

b. 1.12.

c. 1.27.

d. 1.17.

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Lithium, Inc. is considering two mutually exclusive projects, A and B. Project A costs $95,000 and is expected to generate $65,000 in year one and $75,000 in year two. Project B costs $120,000 and is expected to generate $64,000 in year one, $67,000 in year two, $56,000 in year three, and $45,000 in year four. Lithium, Inc.'s required rate of return for these projects is 10%. The profitability index for Project B is

Select one:

a. 1.55.

b. 1.33.

c. 1.39.

d. 1.48.

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Lithium, Inc. is considering two mutually exclusive projects, A and B. Project A costs $95,000 and is expected to generate $65,000 in year one and $75,000 in year two. Project B costs $120,000 and is expected to generate $64,000 in year one, $67,000 in year two, $56,000 in year three, and $45,000 in year four. Lithium, Inc.'s required rate of return for these projects is 10%. The internal rate of return for Project A is

Select one:

a. 19.45%.

b. 31.43%.

c. 25.88%.

d. 29.42%.

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Lithium, Inc. is considering two mutually exclusive projects, A and B. Project A costs $95,000 and is expected to generate $65,000 in year one and $75,000 in year two. Project B costs $120,000 and is expected to generate $64,000 in year one, $67,000 in year two, $56,000 in year three, and $45,000 in year four. Lithium, Inc.'s required rate of return for these projects is 10%. The internal rate of return for Project B is

Select one:

a. 30.79%.

b. 36.77%.

c. 29.74%.

d. 35.27%.

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Lithium, Inc. is considering two mutually exclusive projects, A and B. Project A costs $95,000 and is expected to generate $65,000 in year one and $75,000 in year two. Project B costs $120,000 and is expected to generate $64,000 in year one, $67,000 in year two, $56,000 in year three, and $45,000 in year four. Lithium, Inc.'s required rate of return for these projects is 10%. The internal rate of return for Project B is

Select one:

a. 30.79%.

b. 36.77%.

c. 29.74%.

d. 35.27%.

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Lithium, Inc. is considering two mutually exclusive projects, A and B. Project A costs $95,000 and is expected to generate $65,000 in year one and $75,000 in year two. Project B costs $120,000 and is expected to generate $64,000 in year one, $67,000 in year two, $56,000 in year three, and $45,000 in year four. Lithium, Inc.'s required rate of return for these projects is 10%. The internal rate of return for Project B is

Select one:

a. 30.79%.

b. 36.77%.

c. 29.74%.

d. 35.27%.

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Lithium, Inc. is considering two mutually exclusive projects, A and B. Project A costs $95,000 and is expected to generate $65,000 in year one and $75,000 in year two. Project B costs $120,000 and is expected to generate $64,000 in year one, $67,000 in year two, $56,000 in year three, and $45,000 in year four. Lithium, Inc.'s required rate of return for these projects is 10%. The internal rate of return for Project B is

Select one:

a. 30.79%.

b. 36.77%.

c. 29.74%.

d. 35.27%.

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QRM, Inc.'s marginal tax rate is 35%. It can issue 10-year bonds with an annual coupon rate of 7% and a par value of $1,000. After $12 per bond flotation costs, new bonds will net the company $966 in proceeds. Determine the appropriate after-tax cost of new debt for the firm to use in a capital budgeting analysis.

Select one:

a. 4.87%

b. 7.8%

c. 7.50%

d. 2.62%

32- QRM, Inc.'s marginal tax rate is 35%. It can issue 10-year bonds with an annual coupon rate of 7% and a par value of $1,000. After $12 per bond flotation costs, new bonds will net the company $966 in proceeds. Determine the appropriate after-tax cost of new debt for the firm to use in a capital budgeting analysis.

Select one:

a. 4.87%

b. 7.8%

c. 7.50%

d. 2.62%

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Sentry Manufacturing paid a dividend yesterday of $5 per share (D₀ = $5). The dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 8% per year. The price of Sentry Manufacturing's stock today is $29 per share. If Sentry Manufacturing decides to issue new common stock, flotation costs will equal $2.50 per share. Sentry Manufacturing's marginal tax rate is 35%. Based on the above information, the cost of retained earnings is

Select one:

a. 28.38%.

b. 24.12%.

c. 31.40%.

d. 26.62%.

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The risk free rate of return is 2.5% and the market risk premium is 8%. Rogue Transport has a beta of 2.2 and a standard deviation of returns of 28%. Rogue Transport's marginal tax rate is 35%. Analysts expect Rogue Transport's dividends to grow by 6% per year for the foreseeable future. Using the capital asset pricing model, what is Rogue Transport's cost of retained earnings?

Select one:

a. 19.6%

b. 16.4%

c. 17.7%

d. 20.1%

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Your company is considering a project with the following cash flows: Initial Outlay = $3,000,000 Cash Flows Year 1-8 = $547,000 Compute the internal rate of return on the project.

Select one:

a. 8.95%

b. 9.25%

c. 6.38%

d. 12.34%

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Your firm is considering an investment that will cost $920,000 today. The investment will produce cash flows of $450,000 in year 1, $270,000 in years 2 through 4, and $200,000 in year 5. The discount rate that your firm uses for projects of this type is 11.25%. What is the investment's equivalent annual annuity?

Select one:

a. $52,377

b. $41,387

c. $40,399

d. $42,923