FI515
Homework#1
Ashley Wright
Problems pg 79:
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In its most recent financial statements, Newhouse Inc. reported $50 million of net income and $810 million of retained earnings. The previous retained earnings were $780 million. How much in dividends was paid to shareholders during the year?
Dividend = $780 million + $50 million - $810 million= $830 million - $810 million= $20 million
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The Talley Corporation had a taxable income of $365,000 from operations after all operating costs but before (1) interest charges of $50,000, (2) dividends received of $15,000, (3) dividends paid of $25,000, and (4) income taxes. What are the firm’s in- come tax liability and its after-tax income? What are the company’s marginal and average tax
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Some disadvantages will be double taxation and the amount of federal/state reports that required by the law to be completed that’s much more complicated as well. C) A company goes public when it sells stock to the public in an initial public as the firm grows, it might issue additional stock or debt. An agency problem occurs when the managers of the firm act in their own self interests and not in the interests of the shareholders. D) Should be the corporation’s primary goal which is stockholder wealth maximization. 1. Firms have an ethical responsibility to provide a safe working environment, to avoid polluting the air or water, and to produce safe products. The most significant cost-increasing actions will have to be put on a mandatory to ensure that the burden falls uniformly on all businesses. 2. The same actions that maximize stock prices also benefit society. Stock price maximization requires efficient, low-cost operations that produce high-quality goods and services at the lowest possible cost. Stock price maximization requires the development of products and services that consumers want and need, so the profit motive leads to new technology, to new products, and to new jobs 3. Yes. Most executives believe that there is a positive correlation between ethics and long-run profitability. Conflicts often arise between profits and ethics. Companies must deal with these conflicts on
Some who are only chasing for profit regards ethics as barrier. However, lots of researcher approve that managerial ethics are not mutually exclusive with profitability.
6. Note 8 states Harnischfeger’s allowance for doubtful accounts. Compute the ratio of the allowance to gross receivables (receivables before the allowance) in 1983 and 1984. What would the allowance have been if the company maintained the ratio at the 1983 level? How much did the pre-tax
When the firm is trying to maximize their stock they are trying to develop new products and technology which leads to producing products that the customer (society) needs.
Middlesex Plastics Manufacturing had 2011 Net Income of $15.0 Million. Its 2012 Net Income is forecast to increase by 8%. The company’s capital structure has been 35% Debt and 65% Equity since 2010, and the company plans to maintain this capital structure in 2012. The company paid $3.0 Million cash dividends in 2011. The company is planning to invest in a major capital project in 2012. The capital budget for this project is $12.0 Million in 2012.
c. Private companies may issue stock and have shareholders. And are invested by individuals. However, their shares do not trade on public exchanges and are not issued through an initial public offering.
3. Equity financing = $8,400,000(0.60) = $5,040,000 2011 Dividends = Net income - Equity financing = $14,400,000 - $5,040,000 = $9,360,000 All of the equity financing is done with retained earnings as long as they are available.
A corporation had 40,000 shares of $20 par value common stock outstanding on July 1. Later that day the board of directors declared a 10% stock dividend when the market value of each share was $24. The entry to record this dividend is:
- Merlo, Inc. maintains a debt-equity ratio of 0.25 and follows a residual dividend policy. The company has after-tax earnings of $3,800 for the year and needs $3,200 for new investments. What is the total amount Merlo will pay out in dividends this year?If debt = 0.25 and equity = 1, then debt + equity = 1.25. Equity portion of new investments = $3,200 × (1 / 1.25) = $2,560.00
The current year is 1979, so from Exhibit 3 the 1980 dividend is forecasted to be $1.70, and the stock price in 1979 is $22.50. This gives a dividend yield of 7.56%, which is added to g. There are four ways to solve for g:
21) A(n) ________ may occur if a major shareholder desires to sell a large number of shares but the market for the shares is not sufficiently liquid to sustain such a large sale without severely affecting the price.
(Panza & Potthast, n.d.) Ethics is very important to a company’s success. Ethical behavior can bring benefits to a business. They can attract customers, which can lead to a boost in sales and profits. It can attract the right employees and increase productivity. It can also attract investors and keep the company’s share price high. Unethical behavior on the other hand can damage a company’s reputation and make it less appealing to stakeholders. It could also result in lower profits.
Ethics is defined as what is right and what is wrong. Every business should behave ethically. The moral principles that guide the way a business behaves are business Ethics. Ethics are moral guidelines to people or to an organisation which govern good behaviour. So behaving ethically is doing what is morally right. Doing an ethical business may always be not profitable but it will be more beneficial to company and the people involved in company as well as the people who are getting influenced by the company. If a company is acting ethically then it is trying to differentiate between right and wrong and then chose the right decision for everyone. It is very easy it identify any unethical
2. At the end of its first year of operations, Matlocke Company has total assets of $2,000,000 and total liabilities of $1,200,000. The owner originally invested $200,000 in the business, but has not made any further investments or taken any withdrawals. What is the first year 's net income for Matlocke Company?
The current EPS of the company is now $14-$15. Historically, the dividend payout ratio mounts to an average 50%. So, the company expects payout the payout in 1959 to be $7/share. In the previous year the dividend rate was cut from $1.3 to $1.2 per share. But after the new deal, the CEO proposed a hike in the quarterly payout to $1.6 per share from the $1.2 given at present. The CEO even suggested the dividend rate to be propped up to $1.80 in 1960.