An option that the lead underwriter may exercise to sell as much as an additional 15% or more shares than originally planned is called:
a call option.
an oversubscription option.
a green shoe option.
all of the above.
When an investment banker sells equity for a firm but makes no guarantee about the ultimate success of the offering, he or she is selling the securities under:
a firm commitment offering.
a best-efforts offering.
a competitively bid offering.
none of the above.
You own an ordinary share that just paid an annual dividend of €6. The firm expects to grow at a 4% perpetual rate. If the required rate of return for the share is 10% then what is the price that you should be able to sell the share for now?
€104.00
€100.00
€60.00
none of the above
The Growth Firm forecasts that its cash flows will increase by 5% per year indefinitely. It just paid a €4 annual dividend on its preferred shares and the price of the shares is currently €40. What is the required rate of return for the shares?
15.00%
10.00%
9.50%
9.00%
You are trying to value some preferred shares that will pay a €4 annual dividend one year from today. The required rate of return on the shares is 11%. What is the value of the shares?
€3.60
€36.36
€40.36
none of the above
You are analyzing a firm that currently has a weighted average cost of capital equal to 13%. You believe that the firm's after-tax cost of debt will increase by 3% next year. If the firm finances itself with 40% debt and 60% equity, then what will be the firm's new weighted average cost of capital if you are correct?
1.20%
13.0%
14.2%
14.8%
You see that Steady Co.'s preferred shares pay an annual dividend of €5 and you know that the required rate of return for the shares is 10%. You also know that the company forecasts its cash flows to increase by 3% per year for the foreseeable future. What is the fair price for the preference shares?
€71.42
€51.50
€50.00
none of the above
You know that the price of a preference share is €36.36 and you also know that the required rate of return on the share is 11%. What annual dividend must the preference share be paying?
€3.00
€3.25
€3.75
€4.00
Savings Co. retains 90% of its net income for reinvestment purposes. If Savings had a return on equity of 20% last year then estimate Savings' growth rate.
2.00%
18.00%
72.00%
none of the above
Your firm annually produces €5,000,000 of free cash flow and it has a weighted average cost of capital equal to 8%. What is the value of the firm if it has no growth prospects?