Capital Structure Problems

Capital Structure Problems
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1 The corporate treasurer of Ajax Company expects the company to grow at 4% in the future, and debt securities

at 6% interest (tax rate = 30%) to be a cheaper option to finance the growth. The current market price per share

of its common stock is $39, and the expected dividend in one year is $1.50 per share. Calculate the cost of the company’s

retained earnings and check if the treasurer’s assumption is correct.

2 The risk-free rate on 10-year U.S. Treasury bills is 3% and the expected rate of return on the overall stock market is 11%.

The company has a beta of 1.6. What is the cost of equity?

3 A company has a capital structure as follows:

Total Assets $600,000

Debt $300,000

Preferred Stock $100,000

Common Equity $200,000

What would be the minimum expected return from a new capital investment project to satisfy the suppliers of the capital?

Assume the applicable tax rate is 40%, interest on debt is 11%, flotation cost per share of preferred stock is $0.75, and

flotation cost per share of common stock is $4. The preferred and common stocks are selling in the market for $26 and $143

a share respectively, and they are expected to pay a dividend of $2 and $7, repectively, in one year. The company’s dividends

are expected to grow at 13% per year. The firm would like to maintain the existing capital structure to finance the new

project.

4 Required rate of return is 10%.

Net Cash Flow

Year Project A Project B

0 -$2,000 -$2,500

1 $900 $1,500

2 $1,100 $1,300

3 $1,300 $800

a) Calculate the payback period for each project.

b) Calculate the net present value for each project.

c) Which project do you think will be approved, if only one project can be approved? Why?

d) What if the required rate of return was 20%?

5 A corporate bond has a face value of $1,000 and an annual coupon interest rate of 7%. Interest is paid annually.

10 years of the life of the bond remain. The current market price of the bond is $872. To the nearest whole percent,

what is the yield to maturity (YTM) of the bond today?

6 Ajax Manufacturing will pay a dividend of $8 per share of common stock in one year.

The dividend growth rate is 3% and the required return is 14%.

a) What is the current market price per share?

b) What is the annual rate of return if you purchase the stock at $65?

7 A common stock sells for $82 per share, has a growth rate of 7% and a dividend that was just paid of $3.82. What is the

annual percent yield per share?

8 A corporate bond has a face value of $1,000 and an annual coupon interest rate of 6%. Interest is paid annually.

12 years of the life of the bond remain. The current market price of the bond is $1,027, and it will mature at $1,100.

To the nearest whole percent, what is the yield to maturity (YTM) of the bond today?

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