Corporate Finance

1. Calculate the PVs of depreciation tax shields in the five-year and seven-year classes shown in Table 6.4. Assume the tax rate is 35% and the discount rate is 10%. Lastly, assume the asset in question costs $1. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)

Present Value

Five year

Seven year

2. The following table tracks the main components of working capital over the life of a four-year project.

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Accounts receivable

150,000

225,000

190,000

Inventory

75,000

130,000

130,000

95,000

Accounts payable

25,000

50,000

50,000

35,000

Calculate net working capital and the cash inflows and outflows due to investment in working capital. (Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Leave no cells blank – be certain to enter 0 wherever required.)

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Working capital

Cash flows

3. Machines A and B are mutually exclusive and are expected to produce the following real cash flows:

Cash Flows ($ thousands)

Machine

C0

C1

C2

C3

A

–100

+110

+121

B

–120

+110

+121

+133

The real opportunity cost of capital is 10%. (Use PV table.)

a.

Calculate the NPV of each machine. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest thousand.)

Machine

NPV

A

$

B

$

b.

Calculate the equivalent annual cash flow from each machine. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round “PV Factor” to 3 decimal places and final answers to the nearest thousand.)

Machine

Cash flow

A

$

B

$

c.

Which machine should you buy?

Machine A

Machine B

4. A game of chance offers the following odds and payoffs. Each play of the game costs $100, so the net profit per play is the payoff less $100.

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Probability

Payoff

Net Profit

0.10

$500

$400

0.50

100

0.40

–100

a-1.

What is the expected cash payoff?

Expected cash payoff

$

a-2.

What is the expected rate of return?

Expected rate of return

%

b-1.

Calculate the variance of this rate of return. (Ignore the technical point referred to in footnote 16).(Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

Variance

b-2.

Calculate the standard deviation of this rate of return. (Ignore the technical point referred to in footnote 16). (Round your answer to the nearest whole percent.)

Standard deviation

%

5. Consider the following information:

Stock Return if Market Return Is:

Stock

–10%

+10%

A

+20

B

–20

+20

C

–30

D

+15

+15

E

+10

–10

What is the beta of each of the stocks? (Leave no cells blank – be certain to enter “0” wherever required. Negative values should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)

Stock

Beta

A

B

C

D

E

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