l. (Break-even point and selling price) Parks Castings Inc. will manufacture and sell 180,000 units next year. Fixed costs will total $350,000, and variable costs will be 40 percent of sales.
a. The firm wants to achieve a level of earnings before interest and taxes of $260,000. What selling price per unit is necessary to achieve this result?
b. Set up an analytical income statement to veriff your solution to part (a)’
a. What selling price per unit is necessary to achieve a level of earnings before interest and taxes
of $260,000?
$[ 6o””d to three decimal Places.)
b. Set up the following analytical income statement to veriff your solution to part (a). (Round up all items to the nearest dollar.)
Sales
Less: Variable costs (40% of sales)
Revenues before fixed costs
Less: Fixed costs
EBIT
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2. (Break-even point and operating leverage) Footwear Inc. manufactures a complete line of men’s and women’s dress shoes for independent merchants. The average selling price of its finished product is $85 per pair. The variable cost for this same pair of shoes is $50. Footwear Inc. incurs fixed costs of $160,000 per year.
a. What is the break-even point in pairs of shoes for the company? b. What is the dollar sales volume the firm must achieve to reach the break-even point? c. What would be the firm’s profit or loss at the following units of production sold: 7,000 pairs of shoes? 11,000 pairs of shoes? 15,000 pairs of shoes?
a. What is the break-even point in pairs of shoes for the company?
I units (Round to the nearest whole number.)
b. What is the dollar sales volume the firm must achieve to reach the break-even point?
$[ 6o””d to the nearest cent.)
c. What would be the firm’s profit or loss before interest and taxes (EBIT) at 7,000 pairs of shoes sold? Enter a positive number for a profit and a negative number for a loss.
$[ 1no””d to the nearest dollar.)
What would be the firrn’s profit or loss before interest and taxes (EBIT) at 11,000 pairs of shoes sold? Enter a positive number for a profit and a negative number for a loss.
$[ 6ound to the nearest dollar.)
What would be the firm’s profit or loss before interest and taxes (EBIT) at 15,000 pairs of shoes sold? Enter a positive number for a profit and a negative number for a loss.
$[ lnound to the nearest dollar.)
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3. (Operating leverage) Rocky Mount Metals Company manufactures an assorfinent of wood burning stoves. The average selling price for the various units is $600. The associated variable cost is $350 per unit. Fixed costs for the firm average $ 170,000 annually.
a. What is the break-even point in units for the company? b. What is the dollar sales volume the firm must achieve to reach the break-even point? c. What is the degree of operating leverage for a production and sales level of 6,000 units for the firm? (Calculate to three decimal places.) d. What will be the projected effect on earnings before interest and taxes if the firm’s sales level should increase by 45 percent from the volume noted in part (c)?
a. What is the break-even point in units for the company?
I units (Round to the nearest whole number.)
b. What is the dollar sales volume the firm must achieve to reach the break-even point?
$[ lnound to the nearest cent.)
c. What is the degree of operating leverage for a production and sales level of 6,000 units for the firm? Note that you can compare sales at a IDYI higher level (6,600 units) in detemining the degree of operating leverage.
I lnounA to three decimal places.)
d. What will be the projected percentage change in earnings before interest and taxes if the firm’s sales level should increase by 45 percent from the volume noted in part (c)?
[X 6o”nd to fwo decimal places.)
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4. (Residual dividend policy) FarmCo, Inc. follows a policy of paying out cash dividends equal to the residual amount that remains after funding 70 percent of its planned capital expenditures. The firm tries to maintain a 30 percent debt and 70 percent equity capital structure and does not plan on
issuing more stock in the coming year. FarmCo’s CFO has estimated that the firm will earn $14 million in the current year.
a. If the frm maintains its target financing mix and does not issue any equity next year, what is the most it could spend on capital expenditures next year given its earnings estimate? b. If FarmCo’s capital budget for next year is $10 million, how much will the frm pay in dividends and what is the resulting dividend payout percentage?
a. If the firm maintains its target financing mix and does not issue any equity next year, what is the most it could spend on capital expenditures next year given its earnings estimate?
$! milion (Round to two decimal places.)
b. If FarmCo’s capital budget for next year is $ l0 million, how much will the firm pay in dividends?
$[ miilion (Round to one decimal place.)
What is the resulting dividend payout percentage?
[Z 6o”nd to two decimal places.)
5. (Constant dollar dividend payout policy) Parker Prints is in negotiation with two of its largest customers to increase the firm’s sales dramatically. The increase will require that Parker expand its production facilities at a cost of $35 million. Parker expects to pay out $7 million in dividends to its shareholders next year. Parker maintains a 30 percent debt ratio in its capital structure.
a. If Parker earns $20 million next year, how much common stock will the firm need to sell in order to maintain its target capital structure? b. If Parker wants to avoid selling any new stock, how much can the firm spend on new capital expenditures?
a. If Parker earns S20 million next year, how much common stock will the firm need to sell in order to maintain its target capital structure?
$[ miilion (Round to two decimal places.)
b. If Parker wants to avoid selling any new stock, how much can the firm spend on new capital expenditures?
$[ million (Round to two decimal places.)
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6. (Stock dividends) In the spring of 2014 the CFO of Placebo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. took a proposal to the firm’s board of directors to distribute a noncash dividend to the firm’s shareholders in the form of new shares of common stock. Specifically, the CFO proposed that the company pay 0.03 shares of stock to the holders of each share of common stock such that the holder of 1,000 shares of stock would receive an additional 30 shares of common stock.
a. IfPlacebohadtotalnetincomefortheyearof $11,000,000 and22,000,000 sharesof common stock outstanding before the stock dividend, what are the firm’s earnings per share? b. After paying the stock dividend, what are the firm’s earnings per share? c. If you owned 1,000 shares of stock before the stock dividend, how many dollars of earnings did the firm e€un on your 1,000 share inveshnent? After the stock dividend is paid, how many dollars of earnings did the firm earn on your larger share holdings? What effect would you expect from the payment of the stock dividend on your total inveshnent in the firm?
a. Before the stock dividend, what are the firm’s earnings per share?
$[ 1no.t”d to four decimal places.)
b. After paying the stock dividend, what are the firm’s earnings per share?
$[ ino,rnd to four decimal places.)
c. Which of the following statements regarding the effect of stock dividend on your $1,000 investment in the firm is true? (Select the best choice below.)
r -:A. The dollars of earnings the firm eilrns on your 1,000 share investment are $500 before the stock dividend and are $485 after, indicating that you will be worse off from a stock dividend.
r-rB. The dollars of earnings the firm earns on your 1,000 share investment are $485 before the stock dividend and are $485 after, indicating that the gain from a stock dividend is truly an illusion.
r -. C. The dollars of earnings the firm earns on your 1,000 share invesknent are $485 before the
stock dividend and are $500 after, indicating that you will be better off from a stock dividend.
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i D. The dollars of earnings the firm earns on your 1,000 share investment are $500 before the stock dividend and are $500 after, indicating that the gain from a stock dividend is truly an illusion.
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7. (Repurchase of stock) The Dunn Corporation is planning to pay dividends of $500,000. There are 250,000 shares outstanding, and earnings per share are 54. The stock should sell for $51 after the ex-dividend date. If, instead of paying a dividend, the firm decides to repurchase stock,
a. What should be the repurchase price? b. How many shares should be repurchased? c. What if the repurchase price is set below or above your suggested price in part (a)? d. If you own 100 shares, would you prefer that the company pay the dividend or repurchase stock?
a. What should be the repurchase price?
$[ 6ound to the nearest dollar.)
b. How many shares should be repurchased?
I shares (Round to the nearest whole number.)
c. What if the repurchase price is set below or above your suggested price in part a?
“The capital gains to be received by the stockholders would not be equal to the intended dividend, ttrus resulting in a dollar benefit or loss to the stockholders.”
Is the above statement true or false? False (Select from the drop-down menu) True
d. If you own 100 shares, would you prefer that the company pay the dividend or repurchase stock?
“IJnless you have a need for current income, you would probably prefer the stock repurchase plan.”
Is the above statement true or false? True (Select from the drop-down menu) False
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