Answer:
The equivalent units of production for October are :
Raw Materials = 423,750
Conversion Costs = 418,500
Explanation:
Calculation of Equivalent Units of Production
1. Raw Materials
Ending Work In Process Inventory (25,000 × 71%) 17,750
Completed and Transferred (406,000 × 100%) 406,000
Equivalent Units of Production for Materials 423,750
2. Conversion Costs
Ending Work In Process Inventory (25,000 × 50%) 12,500
Completed and Transferred (406,000 × 100%) 406,000
Equivalent Units of Production for Materials 418,500
Direct labor (variable) $3.50
Variable manufacturing overhead $1.00
Fixed manufacturing overhead $4.00
Total unit cost $14.50
This special order would require an investment of $10,000 for the molds required for the extra-large trees. These molds would have no other purpose and would have no salvage value. The special order trees would also have an additional variable cost of $6.00 per unit associated with having a white tree. This special order would not have any effect on the company's other sales.
Should Apex accept the order? What is the effect on net operating income of accepting the order?
Answer:
It is profitable to accept the special offer.
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
The shopping mall would like to purchase 200 extra-large white trees. Apex Company has the excess capacity to handle this special order. The shopping mall has offered to pay $120 for each tree.
Variable costs:
Direct materials $50.00
Direct labor (variable) $3.50
Variable manufacturing overhead $1.00
Additional variable cost= $6
This special order would require an investment of $10,000 for the molds required for the extra-large trees.
Because it is a special offer and there is unused capacity, we will not have into account the fixed costs (except the incremental fixed cost).
Unitary variable cost= 50 + 3.5 + 1 + 6= $60.5
Fixed costs= 10,000
Incremental income= (200*120) - (200*60.5) - 10,000= $1,900
It is profitable to accept the special offer.
Answer:
The answer is D. identify the problem or opportunity.
Explanation:
The first step in making the right decision is recognizing the problem or opportunity and deciding to address it, this involves determining why this decision will make a difference to your customers.
WACC Estimation
The table below gives the balance sheet for Travellers Inn Inc. (TII), a company that was formed by merging a number of regional motel chains.
Travellers Inn: December 31, 2012 (Millions of Dollars)
Cash $10 Accounts payable $10
Accounts receivable 20 Accruals 10
Inventories 20 Short-term debt 5
Current assets $50 Current liabilities $25
Net fixed assets 50 Long-term debt 30
Preferred stock 5
Common equity
Common stock $10
Retained earnings 30
Total common equity $40
Total assets $100 Total liabilities and equity $100
The following facts also apply to TII:
1. Short-term debt consists of bank loans that currently cost 8%, with interest payable quarterly. These loans are used to finance receivables and inventories on a seasonal basis, bank loans are zero in the off-season.
2. The long-term debt consists of 30-year, semiannual payment mortgage bonds with a coupon rate of 8%. Currently, these bonds provide a yield to investors of rd= 12%. If new bonds were sold, they would have a 12% yield to maturity.
3. TII's perpetual preferred stock has a $100 par value, pays a quarterly dividend of $2.50, and has a yield to investors of 11%. New perpetual preferred would have to provide the same yield to investors, and the company would incur a 3% flotation cost to sell it.
4. The company has 4 million shares of common stock outstanding. P0 = $20, but the stock has recently traded in price the range from $17 to $23. D0 = $1 and EPS0 = $2. ROE based on average equity was 26% in 2008, but management expects to increase this return on equity to 31%; however, security analysts and investors generally are not aware of management's optimism in this regard.
5. Betas, as reported by security analysts, range from 1.3 to 1.7; the T-bond rate is 10%; and RPM is estimated by various brokerage houses to be in the range from 4.5% to 5.5%. Some brokerage house analysts reports forecast dividend growth rates in the range of 10% to 15% over the foreseeable future.
6. TII's financial vice president recently polled some pension fund investment managers who hold TII's securities regarding what minimum rate of return on TII's common would make them willing to buy the common rather than TII bonds, given that the bonds yielded 12%. The responses suggested a risk premium over TII bonds of 4 to 6 percentage points.
7. TII is in the 35% federal-plus-state tax bracket.
8. TII's principal investment banker predicts a decline in interest rates, with rd falling to 10% and the T-bond rate to 6%, although the bank acknowledges that an increase in the expected inflation rate could lead to an increase rather than a decrease in interest rates.
Assume that you were recently hired by TII as a financial analyst and that your boss, the treasurer, has asked you to estimate the company's WACC under the assumption that no new equity will be issued. Your cost of capital should be appropriate for use in evaluating projects that are in the same risk class as the assets TII now operates. Do not round intermediate steps. Round your answer to two decimal places.
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Answer:
Explanation:
(1) Cost of short-term debt after tax : 8% ( 1 – tax rate)
= 8% ( 1 – 35%)
= 8% (65%)
= 5.2%
Market value of Short term debt ( in million $) = 5
(2) Cost of long-term debt after tax: 8% ( 1 – tax rate)
= 8% ( 1 – 35%)
= 8% (65%)
= 5.2%
Market value of long term debt ( in $ million) = ( par value of Debt * coupon rate) / Yield
= (30 * 8%) / 12%
= 2.4 / 12%
= 20
(3) Market price of preferred stock = annual Dividend / Yield to investor
= ($2.50*4) / 0.11
= $ 10 / 0.11
= $ 90.909
Cost of new preferred stock = Annual dividend / Current market price – floatation cost
= ($2.50*4) / $ 90.909 – ( 3% * $ 90.909)
= $ 10 / $ 90.909 – $ 2.727
= $ 10 / $ 88.182
= 0.1134
= 11.34%
Market value of Preferred stock ($ millions) = Par value of Preferred * Annual Dividend rate / Yield
= 5 * ( $ 10 / $ 100) / 0.11
= 5 * 0.1 / 0.11
= 0.5 / 0.11
= 4.545454
(4) Market value of Common stock ($ millions) = No of common stock outstanding * Current market price
= 4 * 20
= 80
Retention ratio = (1 – dividend pay-out ratio)
= (1 – $1 / $ 2)
= (1 – 0.5)
= 0.5
= 50%
Growth rate = return on equity * retention ratio
= 26% * 0.5
= 13%
Cost of common stock (Alternative 1) = (Dividend for next year / Current market price) + growth rate
= [1 ( 1+ 0.13) / 20 ] + 13%
= [1 ( 1.13) / 20 ] + 13%
= [1.13 / 20 ] + 13%
= 5.65% + 13%
= 18.65%
Cost of common stock (alternative 2) = Risk free rate + Beta (Market risk premium)
= 10% + [(1.3 + 1.7)/2] [(4.5% + 5.5%) /2]
= 10% + [(1.3 + 1.7)/2] [(4.5% + 5.5%) /2]
= 10% + (1.5)( 5%)
=10% + 7.5%
= 17.5%
Cost of Common stock (Alternative 3) = Yield on TII Bond + Average Risk premium
= 12% + (4% + 6%) / 2
= 12% + (10%) / 2
= 12% + 5%
= 17%
Cost of common stock = Highest of Alternative 1, Alternative 2 & Alternative 3
= Highest of (18.65%, 17.5% and 17%)
= 18.65%
Answer : Weighted Average cost of capital (WACC) of Company is 15.28% (take a look to the document attached)
Answer:
Midpoint formula = - 7.43
Other formula = - 4.88
Elastic PED - Decrease price to increase total revenue
Explanation:
Price elasticity of demand is the responsiveness of quantity demanded to a change in price. The midpoint formula calculation is as follows:
(Q2 - Q1) / [(Q2 + Q1/2]
(P2 - P1) / [(P2 + P1/2]
In this scenario:
Q1 = 433 (old quantity)
Q2 = 169 (new quantity)
P1 = 0.88 (old price)
P2 = 0.99 (new price)
When this is substituted into the formula, it is as follows (I shall do it one step at a time to make it easier):
(169 - 433) / [(169 + 433/2]
(0.99 - 0.88) / [(0.99 + 0.88/2]
(169 - 433) / 301
(0.99 - 0.88) / 0.935
- 264 / 301
0.11 / 0.935
- 0.877
0.118
PED =- 7.43(PED is always a negative figure because price and quantity demanded have an inverse relationship. i.e. when one falls, the other rises)
PED is elastic if it is more than 1 and elastic if it is less than 1.
In this case, 5.8 is more than 1, hence PED is elastic.
In such a case, a change in price will always lead to a higher change in quantity demanded. Therefore, it is important to decrease the price to increase total revenue.
However, a different answer can be obtained using a different PED calculation
% change in quantity demanded
% change in price
(Q2 - Q1) / Q1
(P2 - P1) / P1
(433 - 169) / 433
(0.99 - 0.88) / 0.88
0.61
0.125
PED = - 4.88
Answer and Explanation:
Utility maximization rule is fundamentally the most extreme fulfillment got from utilization of an item.
Like picking between a modest or costly lodging while a costly inn would be high in quality however a tolerably charged inn would likewise offer fulfillment to the purchaser.
The decision relies upon the salary spending plan of the shopper and there are requirements to the purchaser as far as the decisions accessible relying upon costs and pay.
Answer:
Tarrow Corporation
a) Amount of change in millions and the percent of change:
Amount Percentage Direction
of Change of Change of Change
Revenue $30,972 8.7% Increase
Operating expenses 23,634 7.8% Increase
Operating income $7,338 13.8% Increase
b) During the recent year, revenue and operating expenses increased by 8.7% and 7.8% respectively. As a result, the operating income increased by 13.8%, from the prior year.
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Tarrow Corporation:
Recent Year Prior Year Change Percentage
Revenue $386,972 $356,000 $30,972 8.7% Increase
Operating expenses 326,634 303,000 23,634 7.8% Increase
Operating income $60,338 $53,000 $7,338 13.8% Increase