Exam 7: Stock Valuation

Jumbuck Exploration has a current stock price of $3.00 and is expected to sell for $3.15 in one year's time, immediately after it pays a dividend of $0.28. Which of the following is closest to Jumbuck Exploration's equity cost of capital?

Which of the following statements is FALSE about dividend payout and growth?

JRN Enterprises just announced that it plans to cut its dividend from $3.00 to $1.50 per share and use the extra funds to expand its operations. Prior to this announcement, JRN's dividends were expected to grow indefinitely at 4% per year and JRN's stock was trading at $25.50 per share. With the new expansion, JRN's dividends are expected to grow at 8% per year indefinitely. Assuming that JRN's risk is unchanged by the expansion, the value of a share of JRN after the announcement is closest to ________.

Sultan Services has 1.2 million shares outstanding. It expects earnings at the end of the year of $6.0 million. Sultan pays out 60% of its earnings in total: 40% paid out as dividends and 20% used to repurchase shares. If Sultan's earnings are expected to grow by 5% per year, these payout rates do not change, and Sultan's equity cost of capital is 10%, what is Sultan's share price?

The Sisyphean Company's common stock is currently trading for $25.50 per share. The stock is expected to pay a $2.80 dividend at the end of the year and the Sisyphean Company's equity cost of capital is 10%. If the dividend payout rate is expected to remain constant, then the expected growth rate in the Sisyphean Company's earnings is closest to ________.

A floor broker is a person at the NASDAQ with a trading license who represents orders on the floor.

Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding profitable and unprofitable growth?

Which of the following statements is FALSE of the dividend-discount model?

The Valuation Principle states that the value of a stock is equal to the present value (PV)of both the dividends and future sale price of that stock which the investor will receive.

What are dividend payments?

Use the figure for the question(s)below. -The above screen shot from Google Finance shows the basic stock information for Kraft Foods Inc. after the close of the stock market on May 30, 2008. What is the highest that the stock has traded at in the last 12 months?

Which of the following will be a source of cash flows for a shareholder of a certain stock? I. Sale of the shares at a future date II. The firm in which the shares are held paying out cash to shareholders in the form of dividends III. The firm in which the shares are held increasing the total number of shares outstanding through a stock split

Which of the following is NOT a way that a firm can increase its dividend?

What role do dividends play in stock investing?

A stock is expected to pay $2.60 per share every year indefinitely and the equity cost of capital for the company is 11%. What price would an investor be expected to pay per share next year?

The above screen shot from Google Finance shows basic stock information for PepsiCo. If you owned of PepsiCo for the period shown, how much would you have earned in dividend payments?

Sunnyfax Publishing pays out all its earnings and has a share price of $37. In order to expand, Sunnyfax Publishing decides to cut its dividend from $3.00 to $2.00 per share and reinvest the retained funds. Once the funds are reinvested, they are expected to grow at a rate of 13%. If the reinvestment does not affect Sunnyfax's equity cost of capital, what is the expected share price as a consequence of this decision?

Spacefood Products will pay a dividend of $2.40 per share this year. It is expected that this dividend will grow by 5% 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 12%?

What is the relationship between the growth rate and the cost of equity implied in the dividend-discount model?

A company has stock which costs $41.50 per share and pays a dividend of $2.50 per share this year. The company's cost of equity is 7%. What is the expected annual growth rate of the company's dividends?