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If a stock is correctly priced, then you know that ________.


A) the dividend payout ratio is optimal
B) the stock's required return is equal to the growth rate in earnings and dividends
C) the sum of the stock's expected capital gain and dividend yield is equal to the stock's required rate of return
D) the present value of growth opportunities is equal to the value of assets in place

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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A stock is priced at $45 per share. The stock has earnings per share of $3 and a market capitalization rate of 14%. What is the stock's PVGO?


A) $23.57
B) $15
C) $19.78
D) $21.34

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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The EBIT of a firm is $300, the tax rate is 35%, the depreciation is $20, capital expenditures are $60, and the increase in net working capital is $30. What is the free cash flow to the firm?


A) $85
B) $125
C) $185
D) $305

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Flanders, Inc., has expected earnings of $4 per share for next year. The firm's ROE is 8%, and its earnings retention ratio is 40%. If the firm's market capitalization rate is 15%, what is the present value of its growth opportunities?


A) −$6.33
B) $0
C) $20.34
D) $26.67

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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A firm's earnings per share increased from $10 to $12, its dividends increased from $4 to $4.40, and its share price increased from $80 to $100. Given this information, it follows that ________.


A) the stock experienced a drop in its P/E ratio
B) the company had a decrease in its dividend payout ratio
C) both earnings and share price increased by 20%
D) the required rate of return increased

E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

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Cache Creek Manufacturing Company is expected to pay a dividend of $4.20 in the upcoming year. Dividends are expected to grow at the rate of 8% per year. The risk-free rate of return is 4%, and the expected return on the market portfolio is 14%. Investors use the CAPM to compute the market capitalization rate on the stock and use the constant-growth DDM to determine the intrinsic value of the stock. The stock is trading in the market today at $84. Using the constant-growth DDM and the CAPM, the beta of the stock is ________.


A) 1.4
B) 0.9
C) 0.8
D) 0.5

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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The PEG ratio normalizes the P/E ratio by the


A) tax rate.
B) growth rate.
C) market cap.
D) book rate.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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A common stock pays an annual dividend per share of $1.80. The risk-free rate is 5%, and the risk premium for this stock is 4%. If the annual dividend is expected to remain at $1.80 per share, what is the value of the stock?


A) $17.78
B) $20
C) $40
D) none of these options

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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Firms with higher expected growth rates tend to have P/E ratios that are ________ the P/E ratios of firms with lower expected growth rates.


A) higher than
B) equal to
C) lower than
D) There is not necessarily any linkage between risk and P/E ratios.

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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Westsyde Tool Company is expected to pay a dividend of $1.50 in the upcoming year. The risk-free rate of return is 6%, and the expected return on the market portfolio is 14%. Analysts expect the price of Westsyde Tool Company shares to be $29 a year from now. The beta of Westsyde Tool Company's stock is 1.2. Using the CAPM, an appropriate required return on Westsyde Tool Company's stock is ________.


A) 8%
B) 10.8%
C) 15.6%
D) 16.8%

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Stockholders of Dogs R Us Pet Supply expect a 12% rate of return on their stock. Management has consistently been generating an ROE of 15% over the last 5 years but now believes that ROE will be 12% for the next 5 years. Given this, the firm's optimal dividend payout ratio is now ________.


A) 0%
B) 100%
C) between 0% and 50%
D) between 50% and 100%

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Generally speaking, as a firm progresses through the industry life cycle, you would expect the PVGO to ________ as a percentage of share price.


A) increase
B) decrease
C) stay the same
D) No typical pattern can be expected.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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Rose Hill Trading Company is expected to have EPS in the upcoming year of $6. The expected ROE is 18%. An appropriate required return on the stock is 14%. If the firm has a plowback ratio of 70%, its intrinsic value should be ________.


A) $20.93
B) $69.77
C) $128.57
D) $150

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Generally speaking, the higher a firm's ROA, the ________ the dividend payout ratio and the ________ the firm's growth rate of earnings.


A) higher; lower
B) higher; higher
C) lower; lower
D) lower; higher

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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