Answer:
A) Company A is the one that is financially leveraged.
Where there is the presence of debt in the capital structure of a firm, that firm is said to be Financially leveraged.
B) A is true.
A company's return on equity or expected returns increases because the use of leverage increases stock volatility. Volatility increases its level of risk which in turn increases returns. This happens only if the company is operating an ideal level of financial leverage.
On the other hand, however, but excessive debt can increase the risk of default and can lead to low returns or even bankruptcy.
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A company has net income of $199,000, a profit margin of 9.50 percent, and an accounts receivable balance of $106,108. Assuming 74 percent of sales are on credit, what is the company's days' sales in receivables
Answer:
Receivables days = 25 days
Explanation:
The receivable days is the average length of time it takes a business to receive cash from customers in respect of credit sales made.
It is calculated as follows:
Receivables days = Receivables / Credit sales × 365 days.
The credit sales is missing , hence we need to work it out as follows:
Net income =profit margin × total sales revenue
let sales value be represented by "y"
199,000 = 9.50% × y
y = 199,000/0.095
y= 2,094,736.84
Total sales revenue = 2,094,736.84
Credit sales = 74% × total sales revenue
= 74% × 2,094,736.84=1,550,105.263
Receivables days =106,108/1,550,105.26× 365 days= 24.98
Receivables days = 25 days
Henri earned a salary of $50,000 in 2001 and $70,000 in 2006. The consumer price index was 177 in 2001 and 265.5 in 2006. Henri's 2006 salary in 2001 dollars is
Answer:
Henri's 2006 salary in 2001 dollars =$46,666.66
Explanation:
A rise in the price index implies inflation
Inflation is the increase in the general price level. Inflation erodes the value of money.
This price index is the weighted average price of a basket of goods and services consumed by a typical consumer. It is used to measure the rate of inflation.
So we can determine the salary in the base year value as follows:
2006 Salary in the base year terms=
CPI base year/CPI in the current year × salary in the current year
CPI base year- 177, CPI in the current yea- 256.5,
Salary in the current year - 70,000
Henri 2006 Salary in 2001 Dollar
=177/265.5 ×70,000/265.5 = 46,666.66
Henri's 2006 salary in 2001 dollars =$46,666.66
Which of the following statements regarding a firm’s optimal capital structure is true? The optimal capital structure maximizes the firm’s earnings per share (EPS). The optimal capital structure maximizes the firm’s cost of equity. The optimal capital structure maximizes the firm’s cost of debt. The optimal capital structure maximizes the firm’s stock price.
Answer: The optimal capital structure maximizes the firm’s stock price.
Explanation:
The Capital Structure of a company refers to the proportion of debt vs equity that it chooses to use to fund its Assets and operations.
The goal of management is to use the capital structure to fund the company in such a way that the market value of a company increases.
The Market value is reflected by the firm's stock price so the optimal capital structure is meant to maximize the firm’s stock price.
Lew's increases its annual dividend by 2 percent annually. The last dividend paid was $1.42 and the stock price is $46. How is the expected rate of return computed
Answer:
Expected return=5.1%
Explanation:
The expected rate of return on the stock can be determined using the dividend valuation model
According to this model, the value of a stock is the sum of the present values of the future dividend that would arise from it discounted at the required rate of return.
Using this model,
Cost of equity (Ke) =( D(1+g)/P) + g
Div in year 0, P= ex-div market price, g= growth rate in dividend
For this question
Expected rate of return = (1.42×(1+0.02)/46 + 0.02= 5.1%
Expected return=5.1%
You short-sell 600 shares of Rock Creek Fly Fishing Co., now selling for $38 per share. If you want to limit your loss to $3,600, you should place a stop-buy order at ___.A. A. $32.00 B. $38.00 C. $44.00 D. $64.00
Answer:
$44.00
Explanation:
You are required to find where to place a stop-buy order
Amount received from short sale
= 600 x $38
= $22,800
Loss = $3,600 = 600p - 22,800
=3,600 + 22800 = 600p
26400 = 600p
P = 26400/600
P = $44.00
you should place a stop-buy order at $44.00
A risky portfolio pays a 15% rate of return with probability 60% in a good state or a 5% return with probability 40% in a bad state, and a T-bill pays 5%. The risk premium on the risky investment is
Answer:
The risk premium on the risky investment is 8%
Explanation:
The first portfolio pays 15% rate of return with probability 60% in a good
The second portfolio 5% return with probability 40% in a bad state
The risk port-folio expected return = 60% * 15% + 40% * 5%
Expected return = 0.6 * 15% + 0.4* 5%
Expected return = 0.09 + 0.02
Expected return = 0.11
Expected return = 11%
Risk premium on the risky investment = Expected return - Risk free rate
= 11% - 5%
= 8%
The risk premium on the risky investment is 8%
Your firm has net income of $260 on total sales of $1,160. Costs are $650 and depreciation is $110. The tax rate is 35 percent. The firm does not have interest expenses. What is the operating cash flow
Answer:
The answer is $650
Explanation:
Net income = $260
Total sales = $1,160
Costs = $650
Depreciation = $110
Earnings before Interest and tax(EBIT) =
Total sales - Cost - depreciation
$1,160 - $650 - $110
= $400
Tax =[260 ÷ (1 - 0.35)] - 260
$400 - $260
$140
Operating cash flow is therefore,
Earnings before Interest and tax(EBIT) + depreciation + tax
$400 + $110 + $140
= $650
An investor has sold short stock worth $20,000 in a margin account, depositing the Regulation T margin requirement. If the market value of the stock falls to $16,000, what is the Selling Power in the account
Answer:
The selling power in the account is $20,000.
Explanation:
Credit - Short market value = Equity %
Sale $20,000 $20,000
Margin $10,000 $10,000
Total $30,000 $20,000 $10,000 50%
If the market value falls to $16,000, the account will show;
Credit - Short market value = Equity %
$30,000 $16,000 $14,000
To support a $16,000 stock position at 50% margin, equity of $8,000 is required. Since the account has $14,000 of equity, the excess of $10,000 may be borrowed and it's the
SMA amount. With $10,000 of SMA amount, twice this amount may be purchased or sold short in other marginal securities.
Companies can and often do use different costing methods for financial reporting and tax reporting. An exception to this is the:
Answer:
LIFO conformity rule.
Explanation:
LIFO refers to the Last in first out method. In this inventory system, the firm sells last units at first stage and then sells according to that
According to the given situation, the LIFO conformity rule requires that the taxpayer follow the same inventory cost flow as used for tax reporting purposes in the financial statement.
Therefore the correct answer is LIFO conformity rule.
All automobile makers around the world are in the same strategic group because they manufacture automobiles.
a) true
b) false
Answer:
The answer is False.
Explanation:
False, all automobile maker of the world does not form the same strategic group on the basis of manufacturing the automobiles because the strategic group refers to the process to follow the same strategy. Since all around the world different automobile maker work in different economies with a different set of strategies that varies according to the economic situations. For example, the strategy to work in a developed economy will be different from the developing economy. Therefore, all automobile makers will not follow the same strategy so it will not be in the same strategic group.
When you take your first job, you decide to start saving right away for your retirement. You put $5,000 per year into a saving plan, which interest rate 10% per year. Five years later, you move to another job and stop making contributions to the saving plan. If the first plan continued to earn interest for another 35 years, determine the future worth in year 40.
Answer:
FV= $857,840.94
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
First investment:
Annual deposit= $5,000 per year
Interest rate= 10%
Number of years= 5
Second investment:
Number of years= 35
Interest rate= 10%
Lumpsum= first investment
First, we need to calculate the future value of the first investment. We will use the following formula:
FV= {A*[(1+i)^n-1]}/i
A= annual deposit
FV= {5,000*[(1.1^5) - 1]} / 0.10
FV= $30,525.5
Now, the future value of the second investment.
FV= PV*(1+i)^n
FV= 30,525.5*(1.1^35)
FV= $857,840.94
Convers Corporation (calendar-year-end) acquired the following assets during the current tax year: (ignore §179 expense and bonus depreciation for this problem): (Use MACRS Table 1, Table 2 and Table 5.)
Asset Date Placed in Service Original Basis
Machinery 10/25 70,000
Computer Equipment 2/3 10,000
Used Delivery Truck 3/17 23,000
Furniture 4/22 150,000
Total 253,000
The delivery truck is not a luxury automobile.
In addition to these assets, Convers installed new flooring (qualified improvement property) to its office building on May 12 at a cost of $300,000.
What is the allowable MACRS depreciation on Convers’s property in the current year assuming Convers does not elect §179 expense and elects out of bonus depreciation?
Answer:
$42,853
Explanation:
The computation of the allowable MACRS depreciation on Convers’s property in the current year is shown below:
Assets Place in service Quarter Original Basis Rate Depreciation
Machinery
(7 years) Oct 25 4th $70,000 14.29% $10,003
Computer
Equipment
(5 years) Feb 03 1st $10,000 20% $2,000
Used delivery
truck
(5 years) Mar 17 1st $23,000 20% $4,600
Furniture
(7 years) Apr 22 2nd $150,000 14.29% $21,435
Qualified
improvement
(39 years) May 12 2nd $300,000 1.605% $4,815
Total $553,000 $42,853
Refer to the MACRS depreciation table
and we used the half year convention
The manufacturers of several designer purses have met and agreed not to sell their purses to Jolie's Department Store because of Jolie's practice of discounting all items 20 percent below the retail costs at other stores. The manufacturers are concerned about maintaining their images of exclusivity and quality. The agreement among the manufacturers:
Answer:
b. violates the Sherman Act because it is a boycott.
Explanation:
Since the manufacturers have decided to team boycott the Jolie's Department Store, the Sherman Act is also known as the form of civil conspiracy by just not selling their immoral and also unconstitutional and violet hand bags to them.
Hence, the correct option is b as it violates the Sherman act
Therefore all the other options are wrong
Government organizations such as the IRS and other government regulatory agencies are interested in a firm's accounting information in order to help the firm strategize about ways to cut costs in order to minimize net income before taxes.
a. True
b. False
Answer: False
Explanation:
The role of the IRS and other Government regulatory agencies is to collect taxes as well as to ensure that companies follow the prescribed Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. This is the main purpose that they go through a firm's Accounting records. To ensure that they are paying the correct amount of taxes and to ensure that they are not engaging in illegal and unacceptable accounting practices.
The implication of the expectations theory that expected returns for a holding period must be the same for bonds of different maturities depends on the assumption that________.
1. Yiels curves usually slope downward
2. Yiels curves usually slope downward
3. Instruments with different maturities are perfect subtitute
4. Savers are usually risk averse
Answer:
i think the answer is intruments with different matuirties are perfect subtitute. i'm not sure but i think this is the answer.
Explanation:
g "At the current exchange rate of $1.40 per British pound, a one-day pass to Worldwide Theme Park of Florida sells for 54 pounds at travel agencies throughout Great Britain. If the exchange rate increases to $1.70 per pound, what will happen to the price of a one-day pass sold in Great Britain?"
Answer:
The price will fall to 44.47 pounds
Explanation:
Calculation for what will happen to the price of a one-day pass sold in Great Britain
Using this formula for the First step
Sales pounds × Current exchange rate
54 pounds x $1.40 = $75.6
Second step
75.6/Increase in exchange rate of $1.70
= 44.47 pounds
Therefore the price will fall to 44.47 pounds
You have just taken out a $ 23 comma 000 car loan with a 4 % APR, compounded monthly. The loan is for five years. When you make your first payment in one month, how much of the payment will go toward the principal of the loan and how much will go toward interest? (Note: Be careful not to round any intermediate steps less than six decimal places.)
Answer:
Interest = $75.90
Principal = $347.64
Explanation:
First find the payment that is required per month. It will be an Annuity payment as the present value of the loan is given.
The loan is for 5 years compounded monthly so period is;
= 5 years * 12 months
= 60
Interest = 4/12
Present Value of Annuity= Payment * (1 - (1 + r) ^ -n)/r
23,000 = Payment * (1 - ( 1 + 4/12%) ^ -⁶⁰)/ 4/12%
23,000 = Payment * 54.304
Payment = 23,000/54.304
= $423.54
Interest Payment is;
= 4/12% * 23,000
= $75.90
Amount going towards Principal;
= 423.54 - 75.90
= $347.64
Units-of-Output DepreciationA tractor acquired at a cost of $420,000 has an estimated residual value of $30,000, has an estimated useful life of 25,000 hours, and was operated 1,850 hours during the year. Determine the following. If required, round your answer for the depreciation rate to two decimal places.(a) The depreciable cost $ (b) The depreciation rate $ per hour(c) The units-of-output depreciation for the year $
Answer:
a. $390,000
b. $15.6
c. $28,860
Explanation:
depreciable cost = cost of asset - salvage value = $420,000 - $30,000 = $390,000
(b) The depreciation rate $ per hour = depreciable cost / estimated useful life = $390,000 / 25,000 = $15.6
The units-of-output depreciation for the year = $15.6 x 1,850 hours = $28,860
Knowledge Check 01 Assume that salaried employees of Mayer, Inc., earn 2 weeks of vacation per year. The salaried employees accrue a total of $160 each pay period. Mayer's first payroll of the year is on January 7. Prepare the January 7 journal entry for Mayer by selecting the account names from the drop-down menus and entering the dollar amounts in the debit or credit columns.
Answer:
Vacation Benefits Expense $160
To Vacation Benefits Payable $160
Explanation:
The journal entry is shown below:
Vacation Benefits Expense $160
To Vacation Benefits Payable $160
(Being vacation pay expense is recorded)
For recording this we debited the vacation benefits expense as it increased the expense and credited the vacation benefit payable as it also increased the liabilities
On January 1, 2019, Woodstock, Inc. purchased a machine costing $37,850. Woodstock also paid $1,950 for transportation and installation. The expected useful life of the machine is 7 years and the residual value is $4,100. How much is the annual depreciation expense, assuming use of the straight-line depreciation method
Answer:
Annual depreciation expense=$5,100
Explanation:
Using the straight line method , an equal amount is charged as depreciation for each each over the estimated useful life of the asset.
Annual depreciation = (Cost - residual value)/Estimated number of years
Cost of the machine= 37,850 + 1,950 = 39,800
Annual depreciation expense= (39,800-4,100)/7= 5,100
Annual depreciation expense=$5,100
Ella Funt would like to set up her retirement account that will begin in 30 years. To play it safe, she wants to assume that she will live forever and she will withdraw $120,000 annually. Assuming her account will earn 9% interest during the next 30 years and 6% interest afterwards forever, how much will Ella need to save annually over the next 30 years to fund her retirement account?
Answer:
Annual deposit= $14,672.70
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Cf= $120,000
Period= forever
i= 0.06
First, we need to determine the present value of her investment at the retirement point. We will use the following formula for a perpetual annuity:
FV= Cf/i
FV= 120,000/0.06= $2,000,000
Now, we can calculate the annual deposit required to reach the objective:
FV= {A*[(1+i)^n-1]}/i
A= annual deposit
Isolating A:
A= (FV*i)/{[(1+i)^n]-1}
A= [2,000,000*0.09) / [(1.09^30) - 1]
A= $14,672.70
The amount that Ella need to save annually over the next 30 years to fund her retirement account is $14,672.70
Calculation of the annual deposit:First the future value is
= Withdraw amount / rate of interest
= 120,000/0.06
= $2,000,000
Now the annual deposit is
FV= {Annual deposit *[(1+interest rate)^number of years-1]}/interest rate
So,
A= [2,000,000*0.09) / [(1.09^30) - 1]
A= $14,672.70
Hence, we can conclude that The amount that Ella need to save annually over the next 30 years to fund her retirement account is $14,672.70
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The main goal of monetary policy is to shift Choose one or more: A. aggregate demand. B. short-run aggregate supply. C. long-run aggregate supply.
Answer: aggregate demand
Explanation:
Monetary policy, is the demand side of an economic policy that is used by the government through the central bank in order to control the money supply that is available in the economy so as to achieve macroeconomic goals that will bring about economic growth.
The main goal of monetary policy is to shift the aggregate demand. Increase or decrease in money supply can either shift the aggregate demand to the right or to the left depending on whether the government wants to use the expansionary or the contractionary method.
A pharmaceutical company announces that it has received Federal Drug Administration approval for a new allergy drug that completely prevents hay fever. The consensus analyst forecast for the company’s earnings per share (EPS) is $4.50, but insiders know that, with this new drug, earnings will increase and drive the EPS to $5.00. What will happen when the company releases its next earnings report?
Answer:
stock price will not change at all
Explanation:
Based on the information provided it can be said that when the company releases its next earnings report the stock price will not change at all. This is because stock markets move fast, the stock price of EPS moved when the in the announcement about FDA approval was made. Therefore the markets already expect these changes to reflect on the earnings report so prices will not move. Just as the saying goes, "Buy the Rumor, Sell the news."
Richards Corporation uses the weighted-average method of process costing. The following information is available for October in its Fabricating Department:
Units:Beginning Inventory: 90,000 units, 70% complete as to materials and 20% complete as to conversion.Units started and completed: 270,000.Units completed and transferred out: 360,000.Ending Inventory: 35,000 units, 40% complete as to materials and 15% complete as to conversion.Costs:Costs in beginning Work in Process - Direct Materials: $47,200.Costs in beginning Work in Process - Conversion: $89,700.Costs incurred in October - Direct Materials: $759,920.Costs incurred in October - Conversion: $929,300.Calculate the cost per equivalent unit of materials.
a. $2.80b. $2.50c. $2.04d. $2.36e. $2.16
Answer:
e. $2.16
Explanation:
Richards Corporation
Weighted-Average Method
Fabricating Department:
Particulars Units % of Completion Equivalent Units
Materials Conversion Materials Conversion
Completed &
transferred out: 360,000 100 100 360,000 360,000
Ending Inv: 35,000 40% 15% 14000 5250
Equivalent Units 374,000 365250
Costs Direct Materials Conversion
Beg. Work in Process - : $47,200 $89,700
Costs incurred in October - $759,920 $929,300
Total Costs 807,120 1,019,000
Cost Per Equivalent Unit = Total Costs/ Equivalent Units
Cost Per Equivalent Unit Materials = 807120/ 374,000= $ 2.158 ≅$ 2.16
We divide the total costs of Materials with the total Equvilant units of Materials to get Cost Per Equivalent Unit of Materials which is 2.16
You have just received an offer in the mail from Friendly Loans. The company is offering to loan you $4,250 with low monthly payments of $90 per month. If the interest rate on the loan is an APR of 15.3 percent compounded monthly, how long will it take for you to pay off the loan
Answer:
73 months
approximately 6 years
Explanation:
The period of time it would take to pay off the loan can be determined using excel nper function as below:
=nper(rate,pmt,-pv,fv)
rate is the interest expressed in monthly terms which is 15.3%/12
pmt is the amount payment per month i.e $90
pv is the amount of loan which is $4250
fv is the balance of the loan after all payments have been made i.e $0
=nper(15.3%/12,90,-4250,0)= 73 months
73 months/12 months=approximately 6 years
Lincoln Restaurants reported net income in 2019 of $48.10 million and depreciation expense of $51.00 million. It also reported additions to property and equipment of $165.10 million. Using the indirect method of preparing the statement of cash flows, how will these items impact the 2019 statement of cash flows
Answer and Explanation:
The impact of each item is as follows
Net income reported = shown in the operating activities
Depreciation expense = added to the net income and shown in the operating activities
Additions to the property and equipment = Since there is an addition that means the property and equipment are purchased so it would be shown in the investing activities under the negative sign as it is cash outflow
Formal proposals are different from informal proposals in that they are used to respond to large projects and are therefore often longer. Formal proposals contain special components in addition to the six basic components of informal proposals.
a. True
b. False
The sales budget for Perrier Inc. is forecasted as follows:
Month Sales Revenue
May $130,000
June 150,000
July 200,000
August 130,000
To prepare a cash budget, the company must determine the budgeted cash collections from sales. Historically, the following trend has been established regarding cash collection of sales: 60 percent in the month of sale. 20 percent in the month following sale. 15 percent in the second month following sale.
5 percent uncollectible.
60 percent in the month of sale.
20 percent in the month following sale.
15 percent in the second month following sale.
The company gives a 2 percent cash discount for payments made by customers during the month of sale. The accounts receivable balance on April 30 is $22,000, of which $7,000 represents uncollected March sales and $15,000 represents uncollected April sales. Prepare a schedule of budgeted cash collections from sales for May, June, and July. Include a three-month summary of estimated cash collections.
Answer:
budgeted cash collections
May June July
sales revenue 130,000 150,000 200,000
cash sales (60% x 0.98) 76,440 88,200 117,600
accounts receivable (March) 5,250
accounts receivable (April) 7,500 5,625
accounts receivable (May) 26,000 19,500
accounts receivable (June) 30,000
total cash collections 219,190 269,825 367,100
I used net accounts receivables, that means I already discounted the 5% of collectibles.
A customer has a discretionary account at a brokerage firm. The customer calls the registered representative handling the account and states "Buy $50,000 of investment grade corporate bonds" with at least 5 years to maturity and a minimum 8% yield. To comply with the customer's instructions, the registered representative must choose bonds that are rated, at a minimum:
Answer: C. Ваa
Explanation:
Moody's is a Credit Rating company that rates Bonds. They have a classification scheme that works with letters with Aaa being the highest rated bonds there are. These are considered the least risky.
After grade Aaa there is grade A and then there is Grade Baa. Grade Baa is considered to be the lowest Investment Grade security there is so if the client asks for anything in investment grade bonds, the minimum rated bonds to buy have to be level Baa.
How can Growing Minds attract the best applicants for jobs at its new retail outlets? On what groups, if any, should the company’s recruiting efforts focus? How should the recruiting be done?
Answer:
Hi your question is incomplete here is the complete question
Growing Minds, Inc. is a national chain of retail outlets specializing in creative toys and innovative learning materials for children. The company caters to the upper end of the market and focuses on customer service for a competitive advantage. It provides workshops for parents and children on topics such as learning with the computer and indoor gardening and offers crafts classes ranging fropapier-mâché to pottery. Growing Minds plans to expand and to open five new retail outlets in the coming quarter. This may mean up to 200 new hires, and the executive team wants to make sure that the best people are hired and retained. It has issued a challenge to its retail management personnel to design a staffing process that will accomplish these goals. The children’s market in which Growing Minds operates demands service personnel who are endlessly patient; knowledgeable about children, toys, and learning; and, perhaps most important, sociable,enthusiastic, and engaging. Excellent customer service is the top priority at Growing Minds, and obtaining the desired performance from personnel has meant a major investment in training. Unfortunately, new workers often leave within a year of being hired. This means that the company barely gets an adequate return on the training it has invested in its new hires. Apparently, turnover is due (at least in part) to the demanding nature of the job. Recently, Growing Minds has been emphasizing the establishment of work teams to improve the quality of its services, identify and fix any problems in service delivery, and brainstorm new opportunities. This approach has yielded better-than-anticipated results, so the team concept will be central to the new outlets.
Answer :
The company should post its vacancies ad on social media sites and career pages and also offer competitive salary structureGrowing minds should focus on The Millennial with sound behavioral competencies and Technological knowledgerecruiting should be done through; planning,sourcing, selecting and welcoming the new employeesExplanation:
Growing Minds been a chain of retail outlets that are specialized in creative toys and other innovative learning materials for children. catering to the upper end of the market and focusing on customer service for a competitive advantage. hence Growing minds needs to get the best hands to successfully satisfy their customer and one way to do that is ;
posting its vacancies ad on social media sites and career pages and also offer competitive salary structure : this is because the technological advanced applicants who can fit into the job of properly handling and understanding the creative toys and other innovative learning materials can be found there ( social media sites and career pages ) the group of people they should focus on are Millennial with the technology know how and also with the sound behavioral competencies