The Fried Green Tomatoes Restaurant has increased its operating cycle from 96.2 days to 100.4 days while the cash cycle has decreased by 2.3 days. How have these changes affected the accounts payable period?

Overland needs to maintain 21 percent of its sales in net working capital. Currently, the store is considering a four-year project that will increase sales from its current level of $349,000 to $408,000 the first year and to $414,000 per year for the following three years of the project. What amount should be included in the project analysis for net working capital in Year 4 of the project?

The Oil Derrick has an overall cost of equity of 12.7 percent and a beta of 1.13. The firm is financed solely with common stock. The risk-free rate of return is 4.8 percent. What is an appropriate cost of capital for a division within the firm that has an estimated beta of 1.16?

Fancy Footwear has a line of credit with a local bank in the amount of $175,000. The loan agreement calls for annual interest of 6.8 percent with a compensating balance of 3 percent of the total amount borrowed. The compensating balance will be deposited into an interest-free account. What is the effective interest rate on the loan if the firm needs $125,000 to cover expenses for one year?

Last year, you purchased 740 shares of Forever, Incorporated, stock at a price of $50.50 per share. You received $1,110 in dividends and a total of $44,304 when you sold the stock. What was the capital gains yield on this stock?

You own 500 shares of Maslyn Tours stock that sells for $60.85 per share. If the stock has a dividend yield of 3.3 percent, how much do you expect to receive next year in dividend income from this investment?

A venture will provide a net cash inflow of $57,000 in Year 1. The annual cash flows are projected to grow at a rate of 7 percent per year forever. The project requires an initial investment of $739,000 and has a required return of 15.6 percent. The company is somewhat unsure about the growth rate assumption. At what constant rate of growth would the company just break even?

Arnold Belt and Bearing has identified two mutually exclusive projects. Project A has cash flows of −$40,000, $21,200, $16,800, and $14,000 for Years 0 to 3, respectively. Project B has a cost of $38,000 and annual cash inflows of $25,500 for 2 years. At what rate would you be indifferent between these two projects?

You own a stock that had returns of 10.48 percent, −7.26 percent,23.64 percent, and 16.06 percent over the past four years. What was the geometric average return for this stock?

You are evaluating a project that requires $324,000 in external financing. The flotation cost of equity is 8.4 percent and the flotation cost of debt is 5.1 percent. What is the initial cost of the project including the flotation costs if you maintain a debt-equity ratio of .35?