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

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?

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.

A project has an initial cost of $7,900 and cash inflows of $2,100, $3,140, $3,800, and $4,500 per year over the next four years, respectively. What is the payback period?

Miller Stores has an overall beta of 1.38 and a cost of equity of 12.7 percent for the company overall. The firm is all-equity financed. Division A within the firm has an estimated beta of 1.52 and is the riskiest of all of the company’s operations. What is an appropriate cost of capital for Division A if the market risk premium is 7.4 percent?

A project will produce cash inflows of $5,400 per year for 3 years with a final cash inflow of $2,400 in Year 4. The project’s initial cost is $13,400. What is the net present value if the required rate of return is 14.2 percent?

Six months ago, you purchased 1,200 shares of ABC stock for $33.56 a share. You have received dividend payments equal to $.40 a share. Today, you sold all of your shares for $36.70 a share. What is your total dollar return on this investment?

McCanless Company recently purchased an asset for $2,000,000 that will be used in a 3-year project. The asset is in the 4-year MACRS class. The depreciation percentage each year is 33.33 percent, 44.45 percent, 14.81 percent, and 7.41 percent, respectively. What is the amount of depreciation in Year 2?

A company is analyzing two machines to determine which one it should purchase. The company requires a rate of return of 15 percent and uses straight-line depreciation to a zero book value over the life of its equipment. Ignore bonus depreciation. Machine A has a cost of $462,000, annual aftertax cash outflows of $46,200, and a four-year life. Machine B costs $898,000, has annual aftertax cash outflows of $16,500, and has a seven-year life. Whichever machine is purchased will be replaced at the end of its useful life. Which machine should the company purchase and how much less is that machine’s EAC as compared to the other machine’s?

A proposed project has fixed costs of $42,106 per year. The operating cash flow at 12,000 units is $56,900. Ignore taxes. What will be the new degree of operating leverage if the number of units sold rises to 12,600?