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Financial decisions

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provide an overall summary of how companies make financial decisions in no more than 700 words, based on your answers: APA FORMAT

Stock Valuation: A stock has an initial price of $100 per share, paid a dividend of $2.00 per share during the year, and had an ending share price of $125. Compute the percentage total return, capital gains yield, and dividend yield.

Total Return: You bought a share of 4% preferred stock for $100 last year. The market price for your stock is now $120. What was your total return for last year?

CAPM: A stock has a beta of 1.20, the expected market rate of return is 12%, and a risk-free rate of 5 percent. What is the expected rate of return of the stock?

WACC: The Corporation has a targeted capital structure of 80% common stock and 20% debt. The cost of equity is 12% and the cost of debt is 7%. The tax rate is 30%. What is the company’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC)?

Flotation Costs: Medina Corp. has a debt-equity ratio of .75. The company is considering a new plant that will cost $125 million to build. When the company issues new equity, it incurs a flotation cost of 10%. The flotation cost on new debt is 4%. What is the initial cost of the plant if the company raises all equity externally?

 

 

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Total percentage return is a measure of investment performance during a particular financial period. Total percentage return is a vital tool in investment analysis because it measures relative gain on investment. From the question, the total percentage return is 25%. This rate implies that the company gains 25% of its investment. This value is more than the 7% average value of investment return thus the investment is worthwhile. Capital gains yield is a forecast of the value of stock…………………………

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