Consider the following statements:

Statement 1: As long as a company's ROE is greater than the cost of capital, the intrinsic value estimate from the residual income model will be greater than the stock's current book value.

Statement 2: Tobin's q equals the market value of the company's debt and equity divided by the replacement cost of the company's assets.

Which of the following is most likely?

Select one:

a. Only Statement 1 is incorrect.

b. Only Statement 2 is incorrect.

c. Both statements are incorrect.

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In which of the following scenarios would the residual income model not be an appropriate valuation model?

Select one:

a. The company does not have a history of paying dividends, or dividends cannot be predicted with certainty.

b. The company's free cash flows are expected to remain positive for the foreseeable future.

c. The estimates of terminal value using alternative valuation models entail a great amount of uncertainty.

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Consider the following information:

• Total invested capital = $10.5 million
• Debt-to-equity ratio = 0.6
• Cost of equity = 8%
• Before-tax cost of debt = 5%
• Tax rate = 40%
• EBIT for the Year 2011 = $1.3 million

Given that research and development expenditure amounting to $270,000 have been deducted to arrive at EBIT, the company's residual income and economic value added are closest to:

	Residual Income	Economic Value Added
A	$298,875	$298,875
B	$136,875	$298,875
C	$136,875	$926,875

Select one:

a. Row A

b. Row B

c. Row C

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Consider the following information:

• Market price of stock on December 31, 2010 = $47
• Book value per share on December 31, 2010 = $21
• Consensus annual EPS forecasts:
  • 2011 = $2.18
  • 2012 = $2.75
• The company's dividend payout ratio is expected to remain constant at 40%.

Given a cost of equity of 11%, the company's residual income per share for 2011 and 2012 is closest to:

	2011 ($)	2012 ($)
A	-0.27	-0.11
B	-0.13	0.30
C	-3.13	-2.75

Select one:

a. Row A

b. Row B

c. Row C