Worksheetschap 12 and chap 14
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
WACC is:
Cost of all capital
Cost of debt only
Cost of equity only
Cost of venture capital
Assigning higher discount rates to riskier projects is the ___ approach:
Pure play
Subjective
Divisional
Straight WACC
WACC weights are based on:
Market values
Book values
Project financing
Constant values
ROE (DDM) = 12.4%, ROE (CAPM) = 18.7%. Cost of equity used in WACC:
12.4%
18.7%
Avg of 12.4, 13.5, 18.7
Avg of 12.4 and 18.7
13.5%
Cost of preferred stock:
Rises when tax rate falls
Constant over time
Equals dividend yield
Not affected by price
Rises as price rises
Which is true?
Preferred cost unaffected by taxes
Preferred is cheapest capital
Preferred cost constant year to year
Preferred uses CAPM
Least impact on WACC:
Beta
Bond YTM
Dividend growth rate
Stock SD
Tax rate
Correct statement:
Beta for equity, SD for preferred
Lower WACC → better investments
After-tax debt cost rises when bond price rises
Use higher equity estimate
WACC only for firms with preferred stock
Main factor when choosing discount rate:
Debt amount
Preferred stock use
Project risk
Project length
Good project return is ___ WACC:
Independent of
Higher than
Lower than
Equal to
WACC = 8%, subjective ±3%. Correct discount rates:
A: 5%, B: 8%
A: 5%, B: 11%
A: 8%, B: 11%
A: 8%, B: 8%
Payment from earnings to shareholders:
Capital surplus
Retained earnings
Dividend
Stock repurchase
Date dividend is approved:
Declaration
Record
Ex-dividend
Payment
Date shareholders are determined:
Ex-dividend
Record
Payment
Declaration
Date dividend is paid:
Record
Ex-dividend
Declaration
Payment
Extra $0.05 dividend paid one time:
Liquidating
Special
Extra
Regular
Stock
Example of liquidating dividend:
Annual extra cash
Dividend increase
First dividend
Selling assets and distributing cash
One-time large dividend
Stock price drops on:
Declaration date
Record date
Ex-dividend date
Payment date
Day after payment
Ex-dividend = Wed Mar 23. Record date is:
Mon Mar 21
Wed Mar 23
Tue Mar 22
Fri Mar 25
Latest purchase date to receive dividend (ex-date Nov 30):
Thu Nov 26
Fri Nov 27
Mon Nov 30
Wed Nov 25
Susan buys Oct 14, Jake buys Oct 15 (ex-date Oct 15):
Susan only
Jake only
Neither
Both
Stock price on ex-dividend date:
−$1.34
Same price
Drop ≈ after-tax dividend
+$1.34
Increase by after-tax dividend
Buying back shares is called:
Stock dividend
Stock repurchase
Stock split
Reverse split
Buying shares from one shareholder at premium:
Tender offer
Open market
Targeted repurchase
Private issue
Best way to return excess cash with strong signal:
Raise regular dividend
One-time special dividend
Cut dividend
Open market repurchase
Firms smooth dividends to:
Guarantee higher value
Satisfy IRS
Avoid negative signals
Reduce taxes
“D” on Yahoo Finance means:
Payment date
Declaration date
Ex-dividend date
Earnings release
