Question 1

Lance Inc.'s free cash flow was just $1.00 million. If the expected long-run growth rate for this company is 5.4%, if the weighted average cost of capital is 11.4%, Lance has $4 million in short-term investments and $3 million in debt, and 1 million shares outstanding, what is the intrinsic stock price?

Accepted Answer

A)  $17.28 
B)  $17.70 
C)  $18.13 
D)  $18.57 
E)  $19.01

Question 2

Kinkead Inc. forecasts that its free cash flow in the coming year, i.e., at t = 1, will be σ$10 million, but its FCF at t = 2 will be $20 million. After Year 2, FCF is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4% forever. If the weighted average cost of capital is 14%, what is the firm's value of operations, in millions?

Accepted Answer

A)  $158 
B)  $167 
C)  $175 
D)  $184 
E)  $193

Question 3

A proxy is a document giving one party the authority to act for another party, including the power to vote shares of common stock. Proxies can be important tools relating to control of firms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Franklin Corporation is expected to pay a dividend of $1.25 per share at the end of the year (D1 = $1.25). The stock sells for $32.50 per share, and its required rate of return is 10.5%. The dividend is expected to grow at some constant rate, g, forever. What is the equilibrium expected growth rate?

Accepted Answer

A)  6.01% 
B)  6.17% 
C)  6.33% 
D)  6.49% 
E)  6.65%

Question 5

Julia Saunders is your boss and the treasurer of Foster Carter Enterprises (FCE). She asked you to help her estimate the intrinsic value of the company's stock. FCE just paid a dividend of $1.00, and the stock now sells for $15.00 per share. Julia asked a number of security analysts what they believe FCE's future dividends will be, based on their analysis of the company. The consensus is that the dividend will be increased by 10% during Years 1 to 3, and it will be increased at a rate of 5% per year in Year 4 and thereafter. Julia asked you to use that information to estimate the required rate of return on the stock, rs, and she provided you with the following template for use in the analysis:σσσσJulia told you that the growth rates in the template were just put in as a trial, and that you must replace them with the analysts' forecasted rates to get the correct forecasted dividends and then the estimated TV. She also notes that the estimated value for rs, at the top of the template, is also just a guess, and you must replace it with a value that will cause the Calculated Price shown at the bottom to equal the Actual Market Price. She suggests that, after you have put in the correct dividends, you can manually calculate the price, using a series of guesses as to the Estimated rs. The value of rs that causes the calculated price to equal the actual price is the correct one. She notes, though, that this trial-and-error process would be quite tedious, and that the correct rs could be found much faster with a simple Excel model, especially if you use Goal Seek. What is the value of rs?

Accepted Answer

A)  11.84% 
B)  12.21% 
C)  12.58% 
D)  12.97% 
E)  13.36%

Question 6

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Accepted Answer

A)  two firms with the same expected dividend and growth rates must also have the same stock price. 
B)  it is appropriate to use the constant growth model to estimate a stock's value even if its growth rate is never expected to become constant. 
C)  if a stock has a required rate of return rs = 12%, and if its dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5%, this implies that the stock's dividend yield is also 5%. 
D)  the price of a stock is the present value of all expected future dividends, discounted at the dividend growth rate. 
E)  the constant growth model takes into consideration the capital gains investors expect to earn on a stock.

Question 7

Classified stock differentiates various classes of common stock, and using it is one way companies can meet special needs such as when owners of a start-up firm need additional equity capital but don't want to relinquish voting control.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The constant growth dividend model used to evaluate the prices of common stocks is conceptually similar to the model used to find the price of perpetual preferred stock or other perpetuities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Judd Corporation has a weighted average cost of capital of 10.25%, and its value of operations is $57.50 million. Free cash flow is expected to grow at a constant rate of 6.00% per year. What is the expected year-end free cash flow, FCF1 in millions?

Accepted Answer

A)  $2.20 
B)  $2.44 
C)  $2.69 
D)  $2.96 
E)  $3.25

Question 10

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Accepted Answer

A)  the preemptive right gives stockholders the right to approve or disapprove of a merger between their company and some other company. 
B)  the preemptive right is a provision in the corporate charter that gives common stockholders the right to purchase (on a pro rata basis) new issues of the firm's common stock. 
C)  the stock valuation model, p0 = d1/(rs σ g), cannot be used for firms that have negative growth rates. 
D)  the stock valuation model, p0 = d1/(rs σ g), can be used only for firms whose growth rates exceed their required returns. 
E)  if a company has two classes of common stock, class a and class b, the stocks may pay different dividends, but under all state charters the two classes must have the same voting rights.

Question 11

Projected free cash flows should be discounted at the firm's weighted average cost of capital to find the value of its operations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 8: Basic Stock Valuation

A proxy is a document giving one party the authority to act for another party, including the power to vote shares of common stock. Proxies can be important tools relating to control of firms.

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Classified stock differentiates various classes of common stock, and using it is one way companies can meet special needs such as when owners of a start-up firm need additional equity capital but don't want to relinquish voting control.

The constant growth dividend model used to evaluate the prices of common stocks is conceptually similar to the model used to find the price of perpetual preferred stock or other perpetuities.

Judd Corporation has a weighted average cost of capital of 10.25%, and its value of operations is $57.50 million. Free cash flow is expected to grow at a constant rate of 6.00% per year. What is the expected year-end free cash flow, FCF1 in millions?

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Projected free cash flows should be discounted at the firm's weighted average cost of capital to find the value of its operations.