FINN 353
Quiz 3 KEY
Name ________________________________
Roll # ___________________________
Question # Answer
1 C
2 B
3 E
4 C
5 B
6 D
7 C
8 B
9 C
10 B
Question # 11, 12&13 are to be answered in the spaces provided after the questions.
Quiz 3
1. The ______ is a common term for the market consensus value of the required return on a
stock.
A. dividend payout ratio
B. intrinsic value
C. market capitalization rate
D. plowback rate
E. None of these is correct
2. If the expected ROE on reinvested earnings is equal to k, the multistage DDM reduces to
A. V= (Expected Dividend Per Share in Year 1)/k
B. V= (Expected EPS in Year 1)/k
C. V= (Treasury Bond Yield in Year 1)/k
D. V= (Market return in Year 1)/k
E. None of these is correct
3. You are considering acquiring a common stock that you would like to hold for one year. You
expect to receive both $3.50 in dividends and $42 from the sale of the stock at the end of the
year. The maximum price you would pay for the stock today is _____ if you wanted to earn a
10% return.
A. $23.91
B. $24.11
C. $26.52
D. $27.50
E. None of these is correct
4. The growth in dividends of Music Doctors, Inc. is expected to be 8%/year for the next two
years, followed by a growth rate of 4%/year for three years; after this five year period, the
growth in dividends is expected to be 3%/year, indefinitely. The required rate of return on Music
Doctors, Inc. is 11%. Last year's dividends per share were $2.75. What should the stock sell for
today?
A. $8.99
B. $25.21
C. $39.71
D. $110.00
E. None of these is correct
Calculations are shown below
5. According to James Tobin, the long run value of Tobin's Q should tend toward
A. 0.
B. 1.
C. 2.
D. infinity.
E. None of these is correct.
6. SGA Consulting had a FCFE of $3.2M last year and has 3.2M shares outstanding. SGA's
required return on equity is 13% and WACC is 11.5%. If FCFE is expected to grow at 8.5%
forever, the intrinsic value of SGA's shares are ___________.
A. $21.60
B. $26.56
C. $244.42
D. $24.11
E. None of these is correct
$3.2M/3.2M = $1.00 FCFE per share; 1.00*1.085 = 1.085; 1.085/(.13 − .085) = 24.11
A) P0 = + + ... +
B) P0 =
C) re =
D) P0 =
Answer: C
8. Rearden Metals expects to have earnings this coming year of $2.50 per share. Rearden plans to
retain all of its earnings for the next year. For the subsequent three years, the firm will retain
50% of its earnings. It will then retain 25% of its earnings from that point onward. Each year,
retained earnings will be invested in new projects with an expected return of 20% per year. Any
earnings that are not retained will be paid out as dividends. Assume Rearden's shares outstanding
remains constant and all earnings growth comes from the investment of retained earnings. If
Rearden's equity cost of capital is 10%, then Rearden's stock price is closest to:
A) $40.80
B) $44.60
C) $59.80
D) $63.50
Answer: B
Growth in
Earnings
Retained (.20 ×
Year EPS Earnings R.E.) Dividends
1 $2.50 $2.50 $0.50 0
2 $3.00 $1.50 $0.30 $1.50
3 $3.30 $1.65 $0.33 $1.65
4 $3.63 $1.82 $0.36 $1.82
5 $3.99 $1.00 $0.20 $2.99
growthyear 5 = = .050125 or 5%
P0 = + + + = 44.57
12. The growth in per share FCFE of FOX, Inc. is expected to be 15%/year for the next three
years, followed by a growth rate of 8%/year for two years; after this five year period, the growth
in per share FCFE is expected to be 3%/year, indefinitely. The required rate of return on FOX,
Inc. is 13%. Last year's per share FCFE was $1.85. What should the stock sell for
today? Complete solution has to be provided to get full credit. (6 marks)
Calculations are shown below
(a) PVGO