One year ago, you purchased a stock at a price of $56.94 per share. Today, you sold your stock at a loss of 18.87 percent. Your capital loss was $13.34 per share. What was the total dividends per share paid on this stock over the year?

The Square Box is considering two independent projects with an initial cost of $18,000 each. The cash inflows of Project A are $3,000, $7,000, and $10,000 for Years 1 to 3, respectively. The cash inflows for Project B are $3,000, $7,000, and $15,000 for Years 1 to 3, respectively. The required return is 12 percent and the required discounted payback period is 3 years. Based on discounted payback, which project(s), if either, should be accepted?

Events by Thomas is considering the installation of a new cooker that will cut annual operating costs by $11,900. The system will cost $38,900 and will be depreciated to zero using straight-line depreciation over its five-year life. What is the amount of the earnings before interest and taxes for this project? Ignore bonus depreciation.

Assume Laksko’s has credit sales of $462,400 in March, $507,500 in April, and $550,200 in May. Also assume that 64 percent of sales are collected in the month of sale, 35 percent are collected in the following month, and the remainder are never collected. Credit purchases are $224,600 in March, $236,700 in April, and $252,700 in May. Credit purchases are paid in 30 days. Interest is $12,400 a month, wages and other expenses are $64,400 a month. Fixed assets purchases of $119,500 are scheduled for April with additional purchases of $56,400 in May. The April 1 cash balance was $321,060 and taxes of $180,000 must be paid on April 15. What is the cash balance at the end of May?

Nadine’s Boutique has an accounts payable period of 30 days. Sales of $3,300, $3,400, $4,600, and $4,100 are expected for Quarters 1 through 4, respectively. The cost of goods sold is equal to 62 percent of the next quarter’s sales. The accounts payable balance is $975 as of the beginning of Quarter 1. What is the amount of the projected cash disbursements for accounts payable for Quarter 2 of next year? Assume a year has 360 days.

A bond had a price of $945.60 at the beginning of the year and a price of $977.09 at the end of the year. The bond’s par value is $1,000 and its coupon rate is4.5 percent. What was the percentage return on the bond for the year?

Project A costs $47,800 with cash inflows of $34,200 in Year 1 and $28,700 in Year 2. Project B costs $63,200 with cash inflows of $21,900 in Year 1 and $59,200 in Year 2. These projects are independent and have an assigned discount rate of 15 percent. Based on the profitability index, what is your recommendation concerning these projects?

An investment that provides annual cash flows of $20,100 for 8 years costs $87,500 today. At what rate would you be indifferent between accepting the investment and rejecting it?

Bi-Lo Traders is considering a project that will produce sales of $29,850 and have costs of $17,900. Taxes will be $3,200 and the depreciation expense will be $1,675. An initial cash outlay of $1,450 is required for net working capital. What is the project’s operating cash flow?

A project will require spending $3,200,000 on new fixed assets that will be depreciated on a straight-line basis to a value of zero over five years, at which point the assets will be worthless. The project involves selling new products for $40,000 per unit, with a variable cost of $18,000 per unit. Annual fixed costs are expected to be $485,000. The company uses a 20 percent discount rate. What is the financial break-even point?