FINC302
Finance 101
Homework 9
Other Instructions:
Financial calculators may be used, as well as Excel.
1. A US Treasury bond has a coupon rate of 5.95%, semi-annual coupon payments, face value of $1,000, and 22 years to maturity. If cu
ent market yields on similar bonds is 4.7%, what is the price of this bond?
2. A zero-coupon bond has a cu
ent yield of 8%, a face value of $1,000, and 23 years to maturity. What is the price of this bond?
3. A firm issues a bond today with a face value of $1,000, a 6.25% coupon rate, annual coupon payments, and a term of 18 years. An investor purchases the bond for $1,249. What is the yield to maturity?
4. You are covering Webistics Corp. stock, and have prepared the following estimates of the company’s dividends over the next five years:
Year 1: $0.95
Year 2: $1.25
Year 3: $1.50
Year 4: $1.72
Year 5: $1.92
After year 5, you expect dividends to grow at a constant rate of 6%. The required rate of return on equity is 10.3%. What is the value of the stock based on your estimates?
5. VR Technologies, Inc. just paid a dividend of $0.75. You expect dividends to grow at a 20% rate for the next two years, and then grow at a rate of 10% for the next three years. After that, you expect dividends to grow at 6% for the foreseeable future. The industry average required rate of return on equity is 9.45%. What value would you place on VR Technologies stock today?
6. Cisco Systems stock has a Beta of 1.19, and 3Com Corp. stock has a Beta of 1.45. If the risk-free rate is 0.7%, and the equity risk premium is 6.5%, what are the required rates of return on equity for each of these stocks?
7. You are evaluating a potential new project. The initial cost associated with this project is $695,000. The project has an expected life of 7 years. The estimated cash flows for this project in years 1 through 7 are:
Year 1: $95,000
Year 2: $115,000
Year 3: $175,000
Year 4: $240,000
Year 5: $300,000
Year 6: $275,000
Year 7: $180,000
a. Calculate the net present value of this project, using a discount rate of 14%.
. What is the internal rate of return of this project?
c. What is the MIRR of this project, using a reinvestment rate of 9%?
8. You are considering two mutually exclusive projects, with cash flows as shown below:
Project A Project B
CF0 ($50,000) ($80,000)
CF1 $25,000 $12,000
CF2 $30,000 $20,000
CF3 $15,000 $50,000
CF4 $8,000 $60,000
CF5 $5,000 $10,000
a. What is the NPV for each project, at a discount rate of 12%?
. What is the IRR for each project?
c. Calculate the crossover rate for these two projects.
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