Individual investors who continually monitor the financial markets seeking mispriced securities:

Suppose a stock had an initial price of $30 per share, paid a dividend of $5 per share during the year, and had an ending share price of $33.40. What was the capital gains yield?

Norris Fasteners is considering a new project with estimated depreciation of $38,200, fixed costs of $84,600, and total sales of $211,000 at the accounting break-even level. The variable costs per unit are estimated at $9.64. What is the accounting break-even level of production?

One year ago, you purchased 300 shares of Davis & Saha stock at a price of $29.64 per share. The stock pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share. Today, you sold all of your shares for $34.60 per share. What is your total dollar return on this investment?

Projects A and B are mutually exclusive and have an initial cost of $82,000 each. Project A provides cash inflows of $34,000 per year for three years while Project B produces a cash inflow of $115,000 in Year 3. Which project(s) should be accepted if the discount rate is 11.7 percent? What if the discount rate is 13.5 percent?

Sawyer’s currently sells 70 units per month at a price of $412.50 per unit. The firm is considering switching to a 30 day credit policy with a credit sales price of $429.69 per unit and a cash price of $412.50. The monthly interest rate is 1.17 percent. What is the break-even default rate of the proposed switch?

Chokkar Plastics is considering an expansion project with estimated fixed costs of $39,800, depreciation of $22,800, variable costs per unit of $5.74, and an estimated sales price of $12.99 per unit. How many units must the firm sell to break even on a cash basis?

You are working on a bid to landscape two city parks per year for the next three years. This project requires the purchase of $249,000 of equipment that will be depreciated using straight-line depreciation to a zero book value over the three-year project life. Ignore bonus depreciation. The equipment can be sold at the end of the project for $115,000. You will also need $18,000 in net working capital for the duration of the project. The fixed costs will be $37,000 per year and the variable costs will be $148,000 per park. Your required rate of return is 14 percent and your tax rate is 21 percent. What is the minimal amount you should bid per park? (Round your answer to the nearest $100).

The customers of Kendrick Heavy Equipment take an average of 54.3 days to pay for their purchases. From the time that Kendrick buys new inventory until its sells that inventory to customers, an average of 61.1 days elapse. Kendrick pays for the inventory, on average, 59.8 days after purchasing it. Given this information, what is the length of its cash cycle?

Harper Motors sells 39 cars per month at an average price of $24,920. The carrying cost per car is $158 and the fixed order cost is $694. How many orders should the company place per year?