Decker’s is an all-equity financed chain of retail furniture stores. Furniture Fashions produces furniture and is the primary supplier to Decker’s. Decker’s has a beta of 1.62 as compared to Furniture Fashions’ beta of 1.43. The risk-free rate of return is 3.1 percent and the market risk premium is 7.6 percent. What discount rate should Decker’s use if it considers a project that involves the manufacturing of furniture?

A stock had annual returns of 7 percent, −28 percent, 13 percent, and 23 percent for the past four years. The arithmetic average of these returns is _____ percent while the geometric average return for the period is _____ percent.

Gifts For All has projected sales for next year of: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Sales $ 22,800 $ 25,000 $ 30,100 $ 39,300 Purchases are equal to 58 percent of next quarter’s sales. Each month has 30 days, the accounts receivable period is 29 days, and the accounts payable period is 32 days. How much will the company pay suppliers in the third quarter?

What are the arithmetic and geometric average returns for a stock with annual returns of 21 percent, 9 percent, −2 percent, and 13 percent?

A project has an estimated sales price of $71 per unit, variable costs of $44.03 per unit, fixed costs of $57,000, a required return of 14 percent, an initial investment of $79,500, no salvage value, and a life of four years. Ignore taxes. What is the degree of operating leverage at the financial break-even level of output?

Seven months ago, you purchased 420 shares of Mitchum Trading for $63.09 per share. The stock pays a quarterly dividend of $.31 per share and is currently priced at $64.19. What is the total dividend income you received?

Heer Enterprises needs someone to supply it with 130,000 cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturing needs over the next four years, and you’ve decided to bid on the contract. It will cost you $765,000 to install the equipment necessary to start production; you’ll depreciate this cost straight-line to zero over the project’s life. You estimate that in four years, this equipment can be salvaged for $375,000. Your fixed production costs will be $190,000 per year, and your variable production costs should be $8.20 per carton. You also need an initial investment in net working capital of $59,500, all of which will be recovered when the project ends. Your tax rate is 22 percent and you require a return of 14.5 percent. What bid price per carton should you submit?

Stoney Brooke, Incorporated, has sales of $1,060,000 and cost of goods sold of $892,500. The firm had a beginning inventory of $45,000 and an ending inventory of $60,000. What is the length of the inventory period? Assume 365 days per year.

Assume you are offered credit terms from a store you frequently visit. Which of the following credit terms should you prefer?

Big Al’s Meat Market has annual sales of $549,000 and cost of goods sold of $372,400. The profit margin is 6 percent and the accounts payable period is 31.5 days. What is the average accounts payable balance? Assume 365 days per year.