Last year, Rocket Inc. earned a % return. Farmer's Corp. earned %. The overall market return last year was %, and the risk-free rate was %. If Rocket stock has a beta of and Farmer's has a beta of , which stock performed better once you take risk into account? 19 12 16 3 1.9 0.5 Click the icon to see the Worked Solution. Rocket's expected return is %. (Enter as a percentage and round to one decimal place.) Farmer's expected return is %. (Enter as a percentage and round to one decimal place.) Which stock performed better once you take risk into account? (Select the best answer below.)

Answer:

a) Expected Return for Rocket Inc. = 27.7 %

b) Expected Return for Farmer's Corp. = 9.5 %

c) The Stock performed better once you take risk into account = Rocket Inc.

Explanation:

Given - Last year, Rocket Inc. earned a 19 % return. Farmer's Corp. earned 12 %. The overall market return last year was 16 %, and the risk-free rate was 3 %. If Rocket stock has a beta of 1.9 and Farmer's has a beta of 0.5.

To find - (a) Rocket's expected return is ... ?

               (b) Farmer's expected return is ... ?

                (c) Which stock performed better once you take risk into account ?

Solution -

The formula for Expected return is -

Expected Return = Risk-free rate + Systematic Risk ( Market Return - Risk-free rate )

a)

Now,

For Rocket Inc. -

Expected Return = 3% + 1.9 ( 16% - 3% )

                            = 3% + 1.9 (13 %)

                            =  3% + 24.7 %

                            = 27.7 %

⇒Expected Return for Rocket Inc. = 27.7 %

b)

For Farmer's Corp. -

Expected Return = 3% + 0.5 ( 16% - 3% )

                            = 3% + 0.5 (13 %)

                            =  3% + 6.5 %

                            = 9.5 %

⇒Expected Return for Farmer's Corp. = 9.5 %

c)

Now,

Given that,

Actual Return of Rocket Inc. = 19 %

Expected Return of Rocket Inc. = 27.7 %

⇒ Performance is better

Now,

Actual Return of Farmer's Corp.  = 12 %

Expected Return of Farmer's Corp.  = 9.5 %

⇒ Performance is worst

∴ we get

The Stock performed better once you take risk into account = Rocket Inc.

Which one of the following statements is correct concerning the relationship between a levered and an unlevered capital structure? Assume there are no taxes.
a. At the break-even point, there is no advantage to debt.
b. The earnings per share will equal zero when EBIT is zero for a levered firm.
c. The advantages of leverage are inversely related to the level of EBIT.
d. The use of leverage at any level of EBIT increases the EPS.
e. EPS are more sensitive to changes in EBIT when a firm is unlevered

Grant Industries, a manufacturer of electronic parts, has recently received an invitation to bid on a special order for 20,500 units of one of its most popular products. Grant currently manufactures 41,000 units of this product in its Loveland, Ohio, plant. The plant is operating at 50% capacity. There will be no marketing costs on the special order. The sales manager of Grant wants to set the bid at $13 because she is sure that Grant will get the business at that price. Others on the executive committee of the firm object, saying that Grant would lose money on the special order at that price.
Units 41,000 61,500
Manufacturing costs:
Direct materials $123,000 $184,500
Direct labor 164,000 246,000
Factory overhead 328,000 430,500
Total manufacturing costs$615,000 $861,000
Unit cost $15 $14
Required:
1. What is the relevant cost per unit and the bid price?
2. What would the total opportunity cost be if by accepting the special order the company lost sales of 6,500 units to its regular customers?

The Field Detergent Company sold merchandise to the Abel Company on June 30, 2016. Payment was made in the form of a noninterest-bearing note requiring Abel to pay $85,000 on June 30, 2018. Assume that a 10% interest rate properly reflects the time value of money in this situation.
Required: Calculate the amount at which Field should record the note receivable and corresponding sales revenue on June 30, 2016.

A-Rod Manufacturing Company is trying to calculate its cost of capital for use in making a capital budgeting decision. Mr. Jeter, the vice-president of finance, has given you the following information and has asked you to compute the weighted average cost of capital.
The company currently has outstanding a bond with a 10.6 percent coupon rate and another bond with an 8.2 percent rate. The firm has been informed by its investment banker that bonds of equal risk and credit rating are now selling to yield 11.5 percent. The common stock has a price of $60 and an expected dividend (D1) of $1.80 per share. The historical growth pattern (g) for dividends is as follows:
1.35
1.49
1.64
1.80
The preferred stock is selling at $80 per share and pays a dividend of $7.60 per share. The corporate tax rate is 30 percent. The flotation cost is 2.5 percent of the selling price for preferred stock. The optimum capital structure for the firm is 25 percent debt, 10 percent preferred stock, and 65 percent common equity in the form of retained earnings.
(a) Compute the historical growth rate. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole percent. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)
Growth rate %
(b) Compute the cost of capital for the individual components in the capital structure. (Round growth rate to nearest whole percent. Round your answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)
Cost of capital
Debt (Kd) %
Preferred stock (Kp)
Common equity (Ke)
(c) Calculate the weighted cost of each source of capital and the weighted average cost of capital. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the "%" sign in your response.)
Weighted cost
Debt (Kd) %
Preferred stock (Kp)
Common equity (Ke)
Weighted average cost of capital (Ka) %

A company received 500 applications for a specific position.30 were given an assignment test. Only 15 were invited to an interview. The yield ratio of passing the interview is

a.
75%

b.
20%

c.
50%

d.
25%​

The Acme Company produces and sells widgets. They currently charge $48 per widget, and they sell 452 widgets per week. If the price is increased to $54.58 per widget, then 62 fewer widgets per week can be sold. Assuming that demand is linear, find the value for elasticity of demand at the current price. Round as necessary.

The manager at Jerome Mobility, Inc. reported the following information for 2019: Actual Results Static Budget Units sold 1,700 units 1,500 units Revenues $221,000 $195,000 Variable costs Direct materials 70,000 60,000 Direct manufacturing labor 36,500 31,500 Variable manufacturing overhead 16,000 13,500 Total variable costs 122,500 105,000 Contribution margin 98,500 90,000 Fixed costs 51,000 50,000 Operating income $47,500 $40,000 What is the static-budget variance for operating income for Jerome Mobility Inc. for 2019

Use the following data to calculate the current ratio.

Skysong, Inc. Balance Sheet December 31, 2017

Cash $65500 Accounts payable $131500
Accounts receivable 93000 Salaries and wages payable 17500
Inventory 148000 Mortgage payable 173000
Prepaid insurance 87500 Total liabilities $322000
Stock Investments 194500 Land 185500
Buildings $219500 Common stock $216500

Less: Accumulated depreciation (72500) 147000 Retained earnings 483500
Trademarks 101000 Total stockholders' equity $700000
Total assets $1022000 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $1022000


a. 2 : 1
b. 2.64 : 1
c. 2 : 1
d. 3 : 1

Why does operations managers need to get involved into planning?

Hughes Co. is growing quickly. Dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 22 percent for the next three years, with the growth rate falling off to a constant 5 percent thereafter. If the required return is 12 percent and the company just paid a $2.35 dividend, what is the current share price? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

Hull Company reported the following income statement information for the current year: Sales $ 423,000 Cost of goods sold: Beginning inventory $ 151,500 Cost of goods purchased 286,000 Cost of goods available for sale 437,500 Ending inventory 157,000 Cost of goods sold 280,500 Gross profit $ 142,500 The beginning inventory balance is correct. However, the ending inventory figure was overstated by $33,000. Given this information, the correct gross profit would be:

Continent Construction Company is a building contractor specializing in small commercial buildings. The company has the opportunity to accept one of two jobs; it cannot accept both because they must be performed at the same time and Continent does not have the necessary labor force for both jobs. Indeed, it will be necessary to hire a new supervisor if either job is accepted. Furthermore, additional insurance will be required if either job is accepted. The revenue and costs associated with each job follow.

Cost Category Job A Job B
Contract price $800,000 $750,000
Unit—level materials 250,000 220,000
Unit—level labor 260,000 310,000
Unit—level overhead 40,000 30,000
Supervisor's salary 70,000 70,000
Rental equipment costs 26,000 29,000
Depreciation on tools (zero market value) 19,900 19,900
Allocated portion of companywide facility—sustaining costs 10,400 8,600
Insurance cost for job 18,200 18,200

Required
a. Assume that Continent has decided to accept one of the two jobs. Fill in the information relevant to selecting one job versus the other. Recommend which job to accept.
b. Assume that Job A is no longer available. Continent's choice is to accept or reject Job B alone. Fill in the information relevant to this decision. Recommend whether to accept or reject Job B.

Ann lives in Princeton, New Jersey, and commutes by train each day to her job in New York City (20 round trips per month). When the price of a round trip goes up from $10 to $20, she responds by consuming exactly the same number of trips as before, while spending $200 per month less on restaurant meals. Does the fact that her quantity of train travel is completely unresponsive to the price increase imply that Ann is not a rational consumer

Adams Company manufactures two products. The budgeted per-unit contribution margin for each product follows: Super Supreme Sales price $ 95 $ 124 Variable cost per unit (58 ) (74 ) Contribution margin per unit $ 37 $ 50 Adams expects to incur annual fixed costs of $227,880. The relative sales mix of the products is 60 percent for Super and 40 percent for Supreme. Required Determine the total number of products (units of Super and Supreme combined) Adams must sell to break even. How many units each of Super and Supreme must Adams sell to break even

Jayden has one hour for his part of customer service training for new employees. Which is the best way to reinforce the learning? Have a quiz at the end of the session. Have a quiz at the end of the session. Use PowerPoint slides for each separate concept. Use PowerPoint slides for each separate concept. Put the sales associates on the floor for one hour. Put the sales associates on the floor for one hour. Set aside some partnered role play time with employees.

When the equity method of accounting for investments is used by the investor, the amortization of additional depreciation due to differences between book values and fair values of investee assets on the date of acquisition: Group of answer choices Increases the investment account and reduces investment revenue. Increases the investment account and increases investment revenue. Reduces the investment account and increases investment revenue. Reduces the investment account and reduces investment revenue.

Selected information from Peridot Corporation's accounting records and financial statements for 2021 is as follows ($ in millions): Cash paid to acquire machinery $ 35 Reacquired Peridot common stock 56 Proceeds from sale of land 97 Gain from the sale of land 55 Investment revenue received 72 Cash paid to acquire office equipment 84 In its statement of cash flows, Peridot should report net cash outflows from investing activities of:

these are the choices fill in the blanks.
asset backed security.
bank run
credit default swap.
capital
bond.
credit
common stock.
credit crunch
mortgage-backed securities.
debt
mutual fund.
default
option.
equity
futures contract.
foreclosure
subprime mortgage.
leverage

central bank.
liquidity
commercial bank.
liquidity risk
hedge fund.
moral hazard
investment bank.
mortgage
fannie mae/ freddie mac.
nationalization
federal deposit insurance corporation.
regulation
federal reserve system.
return
private equity fund
risk
securitization​

A company is forecasted to generate free cash flows of $25 million next year and $29 million the year after. After that, cash flows are projected to grow at a stable rate in perpetuity. The company's cost of capital is 12.0%. The company has $34 million in debt, $19 million of cash, and 23 million shares outstanding. Using an exit multiple for the company's free cash flows (EV/FCFF) of 17, what's your estimate of the company's stock price

Imagine that two goods are available to you: hamburgers (X) and hot dogs (Y). You like hamburgers and hot dogs equally well. If your fast food budget is $50 per month, the price of hamburgers is $6 per unit, and the price of hot dogs is $4 per unit, what is your optimal consumption of hot dogs

The corporate charter of Alpaca Co. authorized the issuance of 10 million, $1 par common shares. During 2021, its first year of operations, Alpaca had the following transactions:
January 1 sold 8 million shares at $15 per share
June 3 retired 2 million shares at $18 per share
December 28 sold 2 million shares at $20 per share
What amount should Alpaca report as additional paid-in capital—excess of par, in its December 31, 2021, balance sheet?
A. $104 million
B. $6 million
C. $52 million
D. $208 million

Rinehart Corporation purchased from its stockholders 5,000 shares of its own previously issued stock for $255,000. It later resold 2,000 shares for $54 per share, then 2,000 more shares for $49 per share, and finally 1,000 shares for $43 per share.
Prepare journal entries for the purchase of the treasury stock and the three sales of treasury stock.

Plant-wide, department, and activity-cost rates. Acclaim Inc. makes two styles of trophies, basic and deluxe, and operates at capacity. Acclaim does large custom orders. Acclaim budgets to produce 10,000 basic trophies and 5,000 deluxe trophies. Manufacturing takes place in two production departments: forming and assembly. In the forming department, indirect manufacturing costs are accumulated in two cost pools, setup and general overhead. In the assembly department, all indirect manufacturing costs are accumulated in one general overhead cost pool. The basic trophies are formed in batches of 200 but be-cause of the more intricate detail of the deluxe trophies, they are formed in batches of 50.

The controller has asked you to compare plant-wide, department, and activity-based cost allocation.

Forming Department Basic Delux Total
$60,000 $35,000 $95,000
Direct manufacturing labor $30,000 $20,000 $50,000
Overhead costs Setup $48,000
General overhead $32,000

Assembly Department Basic Delux Total
Direct materials $50,000 $10,000 $15,000
Direct manufacturing labor 15,000 25,000 40,000
Overhead costs Setup
General overhead 40,000


Required:
a. Calculate the budgeted unit cost of basic and deluxe trophies based on a single plant-wide overhead rate, if total overhead is allocated based on total direct (Don't forget to include direct material and direct manufacturing labor cost in your unit cost calculation.)
b. Calculate the budgeted unit cost of basic and deluxe trophies based on departmental overhead rates, where forming department overhead costs are allocated based on direct manufacturing labor costs of the forming department and assembly department overhead costs are allocated based on total direct manufacturing labor costs of the assembly department
c. Calculate the budgeted unit cost of basic and deluxe trophies if Acclaim allocates overhead costs in each department using activity-based costing, where setup costs are allocated based on number of batches and general overhead costs for each department are allocated based on direct manufacturing labor costs of each department.
d. Explain briefly why plant-wide, department, and activity-based costing systems show different costs for the basic and deluxe trophies. Which system would you recommend and why?

makes a product with the following standards for direct labor and variable overhead: Standard Quantity or Hours Standard Price or Rate Standard Cost Per Unit Direct labor 0.20 hours $ 26.00 per hour $ 5.20 Variable overhead 0.20 hours $ 6.20 per hour $ 1.24 In November the company's budgeted production was 6500 units, but the actual production was 6300 units. The company used 1550 direct labor-hours to produce this output. The actual variable overhead cost was $8990. The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The variable overhead rate variance for November is:

Prior to May 1, Fortune Company has never had any treasury stock transactions. A company repurchased 130 shares of its common stock on May 1 for $6,500. On July 1, it reissued 65 of these shares at $53 per share. On August 1, it reissued the remaining treasury shares at $48 per share. What is the balance in the Paid-in Capital, Treasury Stock account on August 2

Seth Erkenbeck, a recent college graduate, has just completed the basic format to be used in preparing the statement of cash flows (indirect method) for ATM Software Developers. All amounts are in thousands (000s).

ATM SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS Statement of Cash Flows For the year ended December 31, 2021

Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net income
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:

Net cash flows from operating activities
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Net cash flows from investing activities
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Net cash flows from financing activities
Net increase (decrease) in cash $1,725
Cash at the beginning of the period 8,215
Cash at the end of the period $9,940

Listed below in random order are line items to be included in the statement of cash flows.

Cash received from the sale of land $8,590
Issuance of common stock 12,925
Depreciation expense 5,435
Increase in account receivable 4,030
Decrease in account payable 1,730
Issuance of long-term notes payable 16,345
Purchase of equipment 39,715
Decrease in inventory 1,445
Decrease in prepaid rent 875
Payment of divivdends 6,310
Net income 11,800
Purchase of treasury stock 2,585

Required:
Prepare the statement of cash flows for ATM software developers using the indirect method. List cash outflows and any decrease in cash as negative amounts. Enter the answer in thousands.

Rusty has been experiencing serious financial problems. His annual salary was $100,000, but a creditor garnished his salary for $20,000; so the employer paid the creditor (rather than Rusty) the $20,000. To prevent creditors from attaching his investments, Rusty gave his investments to his 21-year-old daughter, Rebecca. Rebecca received $5,000 in dividends and interest from the investments during the year. Rusty transferred some cash to a Swiss bank account that paid him $6,000 interest during the year. Rusty did not withdraw the interest from the Swiss bank account. Rusty also hid some of his assets in his wholly owned corporation that received $150,000 rent income but had $160,000 in related expenses, including a $20,000 salary paid to Rusty. Rusty reasons that his gross income should be computed as follows:
Salary received $80,000
Loss from rental property ($150,000-$160,000) (10,000)
Gross income $70,000
Compute rustys correct gross income for the year, and explain any differences between your calculation and rusty

Miscavage Corporation has two divisions: the Beta Division and the Alpha Division. The Beta Division has sales of $265,000, variable expenses of $141,600, and traceable fixed expenses of $66,800. The Alpha Division has sales of $575,000, variable expenses of $321,800, and traceable fixed expenses of $126,300. The total amount of common fixed expenses not traceable to the individual divisions is $126,200. What is the company's net operating income

Mark Brandt, an employee of Mueller Corp., earned 3 weeks of compensated vacation time during the current year, but only took 2 weeks of vacation. His employer permits that 1 week of vacation can be carried forward to the following year. Mark fully intends to remain at his current employer and plans to take his vacation during the following year. His current weekly salary is $2,000. Mueller Corp. expects to grant a general salary increase of 5% effective at the beginning of the next year. What amount should Mueller accrue during the current year relating to Mark Brandt's carried-forward vacation

On September 12, Vander Company sold merchandise in the amount of $3,950 to Jepson Company, with credit terms of 2/10, n/30. The cost of the items sold is $2,725. Vander uses the periodic inventory system and the gross method of accounting for sales. On September 14, Jepson returns some of the merchandise. The selling price of the merchandise is $340 and the cost of the merchandise returned is $240. Jepson pays the invoice on September 18, and takes the appropriate discount. The journal entry that Vander makes on September 18 is: