An investor receives $500 in cash dividends from his investment in a company's common stock. The investor is taxed at 24% rate. If the corporation is also taxed on its earnings, the effective tax rate on the dividends is:
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The dividend payments are effectively double-taxed because dividends are paid out of already taxed corporate earnings. Dividends paid are not tax deductible by the corporation that distributes them.
In an environment of uncertainty about inflation and interest rates, scenario analysis would be most appropriate for valuing a:
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Scenario analysis regarding inflation and interest rates would be most useful for a consumer lending company, which would likely be hurt by increasing inflation (from reduced asset values) and increasing interest rates (although lending rates will be higher, consumer defaults will also increase). A food manufacturer or a pharmaceutical company would likely be less exposed to interest rate risk, and more likely to be able to pass inflationary cost increases through to their product prices.
Which of the following would most likely increase a profitable company's return on equity?
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Issuing debt to repurchase common stock will likely increase a firm's ROE, while issuing common stock to retire debt will likely decrease a firm's ROE. Issuing new common stock to fund an expansion could increase or decrease ROE.
The type of stock index that would be most likely to require adjustment in response to a company issuance of new shares is a:
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Issuance of new shares will change the total value of shares outstanding for a company, so the percentage weights of a market capitalization weighted index will need to be adjusted. There may be a change in share price as a result of the share sales, but that but would not require adjustment of the divisor of a price weighted index (index calculation always incorporates the effect of price changes). The weights of an equal-weighted index are not affected.
A fixed growth rate that accounts for expected inflation is most appropriate for forecasting:
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General and administrative expenses tend to be relatively fixed and are less sensitive to changes in sales volume than cost of goods sold or distribution expenses, which are more appropriately modeled based on a forecast of sales.
On Thursday, August 10, a company announces that it will pay dividends of $0.50 per share on Wednesday, November 22. The holder-of-record date is Wednesday, November 8. Equities in this market settle in two business days. Assuming no holidays in any of the months, the last trading day on which investors can buy the company's shares and receive this dividend is:
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With settlement of two business days, November 6 is the last trading day investors can buy the shares and receive the dividend payable on November 22. November 7 is the ex-dividend date, or the first date that the shares trade without the dividend, because shares that are purchased on November 7 would settle on November 9, after the holder-of-record date.
In conducting an industry analysis for a firm, an analyst would most likely put a higher valuation on a company, all other things equal, if the industry's:
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Stable market shares indicate a low degree of competition among industry rivals, which is consistent with higher profits and valuation. Low HHI or low capacity utilization are indications of a high degree of competition among industry firms, which decreases profitability and value relative to a high HHI or capacity utilization.
Which of the following is least likely an identified market pricing anomaly?
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Shares purchased in the open market when IPO shares begin trading have actually underperformed in the long run on a risk-adjusted basis, not outperformed. The January and earnings surprise effects are among the market anomalies that have been identified.
An investor bought a stock on margin one year ago when its price was $50. The margin requirement was 60%. The current price of the stock is $75. The interest rate on the margin loan was 10%. Ignoring transactions costs, the investor's net return on this transaction is closest to:
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Margin = 0.60 × $50 = $30 (equity)
Interest on loan = 0.10 × $20 (debt) = $2
(75 − 50 − 2) / 30 = 76.67%
Consider the following three stocks that constitute a stock market index.
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Stock |
Beginning price |
Ending price |
# Shares (000s) |
|
X |
200 |
250 |
100 |
|
Y |
100 |
130 |
1,000 |
|
Z |
10 |
11 |
20,000 |
Market value-weighted and price-weighted indexes would be most sensitive to which of these stocks?
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The value-weighted index is most sensitive to stocks with the highest market capitalization. Market capitalizations for the individual stocks are:
Stock X: 250 × 100 = 25,000
Stock Y: 130 × 1,000 = 130,000
Stock Z: 11 × 20,000 = 220,000
Stock Z has the highest market capitalization. The price-weighted index is most sensitive to stocks with the highest price. In this case, Stock X has the highest price at 250.
Which of these statements about equity securities is most accurate?
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Putable shares are more valuable, other things equal, because the shareholder has the right to exercise. Firms may have different classes of common shares with varying degrees of voting power. Preferred dividends are not contractual obligations. A firm that fails to pay a scheduled preferred dividend is said to be in arrears, but not in default.
Given the following assumptions about a company's financial estimates:
The company's estimated leading P/E ratio and share value are closest to:
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P/E ratio |
Share value |
|
A. |
7.41 |
$20.40 |
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B. |
7.41 |
$18.65 |
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C. |
6.78 |
$18.65 |
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P/E ratio = Dividend payout / (− g)
Dividend payout = (1 − Retention rate) = 1 − 0.40 = 0.60
g = Retention rate × ROE = 0.40 × 0.11 = 0.044, or 4.4%
P/E = 0.60 / (0.125 − 0.044) = 7.41
Hal Peterson, CFA, is calculating an enterprise value for Shepherd Company. Peterson should most appropriately sum the market values of the firm's outstanding debt and equity:
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Enterprise value = Market value of equity + Market value of debt − Cash and short-term investments.
A technical analyst believes that fundamental analysis cannot be used to earn positive risk-adjusted returns in the equities market but that technical analysis of price trends and chart formations can be used to earn positive risk-adjusted returns. It is most accurate to say the analyst believes markets are:
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Because the analyst believes historical price information can be used to produce positive risk-adjusted returns on average, she believes weak-form market efficiency does not hold. If any public information (including price information) can be used to earn positive risk-adjusted returns, market prices are not semi-strong form efficient.
A secondary securities market in which liquidity is provided by those seeking to trade is most appropriately referred to as:
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Liquidity is provided by other traders in an order driven market where buy and sell orders are matched according to order matching rules and pricing rules. In a quote- driven or over-the-counter market, liquidity is provided by dealers in the specific security.
An investor in the United States purchases receipts on a U.S. exchange that each represent ownership of 1.7 shares of a firm that trades on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange. If the investor has the right to vote the shares, he has most likely purchased:
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With sponsored depository receipts, the investor has the right to vote the shares held by the depository institution. Global depository receipts are not traded in U.S. markets. Global registered shares are single shares that trade in local currencies on exchanges in different countries.
Markets tend to become more efficient with increases in:
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Larger numbers of market participants and a greater amount of available information tend to make markets more efficient. Arbitrage trading increases market efficiency but can be impeded by restrictions on short selling. Higher transactions costs tend to make markets less efficient.
Hope Company has grown from a small-capitalization firm to a mid-capitalization firm. In which type of equity index is Hope most likely to be added or removed as a result?
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Indexes of small-cap or mid-cap stocks are classified as style indexes. Sector indexes are defined based on industry sectors. Multi-market indexes refer to those that include stocks from more than one country.
Assuming that asset prices are semistrong-form efficient, the portfolio manager:
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Even if asset prices are semistrong-form efficient so that neither fundamental nor technical analysis can add value, the portfolio manager can add value by matching the portfolio asset allocation to the client's needs and risk tolerance, based on capital market expectations.
Based on the information in the following table:
| Security |
Shares Outstanding |
Price 12/31/20X1 |
Price 3/31/20X2 |
Dividends Paid During the Quarter |
| Acme Inc. | 2 million | $31.00 | $34.10 | $0.30 |
| Baker Ltd. | 3 million | $28.00 | $33.60 | $0.70 |
| Charlie Corp. | 5 million | $42.00 | $35.70 | $0.40 |
The type of index for these three securities that will have the greatest price return is a:
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With returns of +10% for Acme, +20% for Baker, and −15% for Charlie, the equal weighted return (which puts relatively less weight on Charlie than price-weighted or market value weighted) has the best return.
Alexa Fiedler has issued the following orders to her broker when GMB Corp. is trading at 29 and RML Corp. is trading at 17:
1. Buy 200 shares of GMB if the price increases to 31.
2. Sell 400 shares of RML for 16 or more.
Fiedler has issued what types of orders?
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|
GMB |
RML |
|
A. |
Limit buy |
Limit sell |
|
B. |
Stop buy |
Limit sell |
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C. |
Limit buy |
Stop sell |
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A stop buy order at 31 is an order to buy if/when the price rises to 31; a limit sell is an order to sell a stock as soon as possible at the limit price or higher.
Marc Juneau, CFA, an equity analyst, is valuing Nova Games, Inc. He expects the company to grow at 30% for three years. Beginning in year 4, the growth rate is expected to reach 7% and stabilize. The required return for this type of company is estimated at 13%. The dividend in year 1 will be $3.00. The value Juneau should calculate for the stock of Nova Games is closest to:
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The high "supernormal" growth in the first three years and the decrease in growth thereafter signals that we should use a combination of the multi-period and finite dividend growth models (DDM) to value the stock.
Step 1: Determine the Dividend stream through year 4.
D1 = $3.00 (given)
D2 = D1 × (1 + g) = $3.00 × 1.3 = $3.900
D3 = D2 × (1 + g) = $3.90 × 1.3 = $5.070
D4 = D3 × (1 + g) = $5.07 × 1.07 = $5.425
Step 2: Calculate the value of the stock at the end of year 3 (using D4).
Step 3: Calculate the PV of each cash flow stream at ke = 13%, and sum the cash flows.
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Calculator Keystrokes |
Result |
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CF Stream |
Formula |
FV1 = |
N = |
I/Y = |
PV = |
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D1 |
-3.00 |
1 |
13 |
2.65 |
|
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D2 |
-3.90 |
2 |
13 |
3.05 |
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D3 |
-5.07 |
3 |
13 |
3.51 |
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P3 |
-90.42 |
3 |
13 |
62.67 |
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Total |
71.88 |
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