Exam 7: Valuing Stocks

Kilbright Corporation stock is currently trading at $73.29 per share and pays a dividend of $3.14 per share this year.The company's cost of equity is 13%.What is the expected annual growth rate of the company's dividends?

Use the table for the question(s) below. -Conundrum Mining is expected to generate the above free cash flows over the next four years,after which they are expected to grow at a rate of 5% per year.If the weighted average cost of capital is 12% and Conundrum has cash of $80 million,debt of $60 million,and 30 million shares outstanding,what is Conundrum's expected current share price?

Praetorian Industries will pay a dividend of $2.50 per share this year and has an an equity cost of capital of 8%.Praetorian's stock is currently trading at $84 per share.By comparing Praetorian with similar firms,an investor expects that its dividends will grow by up to 5% per year.What is the best next step that the investor should take regarding Praetorian's stock?

Xport International just announced that it plans to cut its dividend from $1.75 to $1.00 per share and use the extra funds to expand its operations.Prior to this announcement,Xport's dividends were expected to grow at 5% per year and Xport's stock was trading at $35.00 per share.With the new expansion,Xport's dividends are expected to grow at 7% per year indefinitely.Assuming that Xport's risk is unchanged by the expansion,the value of a share of Xport after the announcement is closest to:

Use the table for the question(s) below. -The table above shows the stock prices and multiples for a number of firms in the newspaper publishing industry.Another newspaper publishing firm (not shown)had sales of $620 million,EBITDA of $84 million,excess cash of $66 million,$14 million of debt,and 120 million shares outstanding.If the average enterprise value to sales for comparable businesses is used,which of the following is the best estimate of the firm's share price?

Chittenden Enterprises has 632 million shares outstanding.It expects earnings at the end of the year to be $940 million.The firm's equity cost of capital is 10%.Chittenden pays out 30% of its earnings in total: 20% paid out as dividends and 10% used to repurchase shares.If Chittenden's earnings are expected to grow at a constant 4% per year,what is Chittenden's share price?

Suppose RBC has a current share price of $75.25 and an EPS of 6.57.Its competitor,CIBC,has an EPS of 8.94.Using the method of comparables,what is the expected price of CIBC stock?

Harbour Corporation pays a dividend of $2.15 per year,which is expected to grow at a rate of 3% per year.Harbour has a cost of capital of 12%,and an EPS of $4.42.Its competitor,Pallantine Inc.,pays a yearly dividend of $1.25 per year,which is expected to grow at a rate of 6% per year.Pallantine has an EPS of $5.19.What would be the expected price of Pallantine stock,if estimated using the method of comparables?

Which of the following tendencies of individual investors is called the disposition effect?

In an efficient market,investors will only find positive-NPV trading opportunities if they have some form of competitive advantage over other investors.

How can the dividend-discount model handle changing growth rates?

What are the implications of the efficient markets hypothesis for corporate managers regarding accounting earnings?

Ashbury Inc.is expected to pay an annual dividend of $1.50 per share in the coming year,and to trade for $36.25 at the end of the year.If investments with the same risk as Ashbury's stock have an expected return of 8.75%,what is Ashbury's capital gain rate?

Spacefood Products will pay a dividend of $2.40 per share at the end of this year.It is expected that this dividend will grow by 3% per year each year in the future.What will be the current value of a single share of Spacefood's stock if the firm's equity cost of capital is 10%?

On a certain date,Hasbro has a stock price of $37.50,pays a dividend of $0.64,and has an equity cost of capital of 8%.An investor expects the dividend rate to increase by 6% per year in perpetuity.He then sells all stocks that he owns in Hasbro.Given Hasbro's share price,was this a reasonable action?

Forecasting dividends requires forecasting the firm's future earnings.

Canberra Corp expects to have earnings per share of $8.40 in the coming year.Canberra has a return on new investment of 14%.If the firm's dividend payout rate is 75%,and its equity cost of capital is 9%,what is the value of Canberra's stock?

Jessie Inc.is expected to pay an annual dividend of $1.10 per share in the coming year,and to trade for $53.45 at the end of the year.If investments with the same risk as Jessie's stock have an expected return of 7.5%,what is Jessie's dividend yield?

Use the table for the question(s) below. -General Industries is expected to generate the above free cash flows over the next five years,after which free cash flows are expected to grow at a rate of 3% per year.If the weighted average cost of capital is 8% and General Industries has cash of $10 million,debt of $40 million,and 80 million shares outstanding,what is General Industries' expected current share price?

Use the figure for the question(s) below. -The above screen shot above from Google Finance shows the price history of Progenics,a pharmaceutical company.In the time period shown,Progenics released information that an intravenously-administered formulation of their leading product had failed in a Phase III clinical trial.In which of the months shown in the price history is this most likely to have occurred?