True/False
a. Secured debt holders have a preferred position over other creditors, but not over preferred stock holders.
b. Kimberly-Clark recently repurchased 12.4 million shares of common stock at a price of $97 per share. One plausible reason for this is that the company feels that its stock is overvalued at the current market price.
c. In 2013, Macy's paid $359 million of cash dividends. These dividends reduce assets and reduced retained earnings.
True/False
a. Secured debt holders have a preferred position over other creditors, but not over preferred stock holders.
b. Kimberly-Clark recently repurchased 12.4 million shares of common stock at a price of $97 per share. One plausible reason for this is that the company feels that its stock is overvalued at the current market price.
c. In 2013, Macy's paid $359 million of cash dividends. These dividends reduce assets and reduced retained earnings.
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Morrissey Technologies Inc.'s 2012 financial statements are shown here.
| Morrissey Technologies Inc.: Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2012 | ||||
| Cash | $180,000 | Accounts payable | $360,000 | |
| Receivables | 360,000 | Notes payable | 56,000 | |
| Inventories | 720,000 | Accrued liabilities | 180,000 | |
| Total current assets | $1,260,000 | Total current liabilities | $596,000 | |
| Long-term debt | 100,000 | |||
| Fixed assets | 1,440,000 | Common stock | 1,800,000 | |
| Retained earnings | 204,000 | |||
| Total assets | $2,700,000 | Total liabilities and equity | $2,700,000 | |
| Morrissey Technologies Inc.: Income Statement for December 31, 2012 | |||
| Sales | $3,600,000 | ||
| Operating costs including depreciation | 3,279,720 | ||
| EBIT | $320,280 | ||
| Interest | 20,280 | ||
| EBT | $300,000 | ||
| Taxes (40%) | 120,000 | ||
| Net Income | $180,000 | ||
| Per Share Data: | |||
| Common stock price | $45.00 | ||
| Earnings per share (EPS) | $1.80 | ||
| Dividends per share (DPS) | $1.08 | ||
Suppose that in 2013, sales increase by 15% over 2012 sales. The firm currently has 100,000 shares outstanding. It expects to maintain its 2012 dividend payout ratio and believes that its assets should grow at the same rate as sales. The firm has no excess capacity. However, the firm would like to reduce its Operating costs/Sales ratio to 89.5% and increase its total debt-to-assets ratio to 30%. (It believes that its current debt ratio is too low relative to the industry average.) The firm will raise 30% of 2013 forecasted total debt as notes payable, and it will issue long-term bonds for the remainder. The firm forecasts that its before-tax cost of debt (which includes both short-term and long-term debt) is 12%. Assume that any common stock issuances or repurchases can be made at the firm's current stock price of $45.
- Construct the forecasted financial statements assuming that these changes are made. What are the firm's forecasted notes payable and long-term debt balances? What is the forecasted addition to retained earnings? Round your answers to the nearest cent.
Morrissey Technologies Inc. Pro Forma Income Statement December 31, 2013 2012 2013 Pro Forma Sales $3,600,000 $ Operating costs (includes depreciation) 3,279,720 $ EBIT $320,280 $ Interest expense 20,280 $ EBT $300,000 $ Taxes (40%) 120,000 $ Net Income $180,000 $ Dividends $ $ Addition to RE $ $ Morrissey Technologies Inc. Pro Forma Balance Statement December 31, 2013 2012 2013 Pro Forma Cash $180,000 $ Accounts receivable 360,000 $ Inventories 720,000 $ Fixed assets 1,440,000 $ Total assets $2,700,000 $ Payables + accruals $540,000 $ Short-term bank loans 56,000 $ Total current liabilities $596,000 $ Long-term bonds 100,000 $ Total debt $696,000 $ Common stock 1,800,000 $ Retained earnings 204,000 $ Total common equity $2,004,000 $ Total liab. and equity $2,700,000 $ - If the profit margin remains at 5% and the dividend payout ratio remains at 60%, at what growth rate in sales will the additional financing requirements be exactly zero? In otherwords, what is the firm's sustainable growth rate? (Hint: Set AFN equal to zero and solve for g.) Round your answer to two decimal places.
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The Stone Meat Corporation is a mediumâsized agricultural products company headquartered in Ogden, Utah. Its primary products are beef, pork and poultry and include packaged deli meats to half animals sold directly to in-store butcher markets in the retail grocery stores. They also supply their own butcher packs to various retail outlets including grocery stores, big box stores, and restaurants. In addition, they have their own factory store. The firm's products are well recognized within the markets in terms of quality and food safety. During the 2000's and the early 2010's sales and earnings had grown rapidly. Sales in 2002 were approximately $60 million, but had reached $180 million by 2012. Per share earnings and dividends more than kept pace. The relevant figures are contained in Exhibit 1. In order to support the firm's expansion, substantial expenditures on plant and equipment were required during the period indicated. The majority of funds came from retained earnings and the private placement of debentures with insurance companies. In 2004, however, the company was forced to sell additional common stock because it felt that the debt level, which would ensue from trying to borrow the money to keep up its expansion program, would be excessive. In particular, possible adverse effects in its stock price were feared since, at the time, the firm's ratio of debt to total capitalization was already somewhat above the industry average of 30 percent. The firm's balance sheet as of December 31, 2012 is shown in Exhibit 1. Originally, the company's Board of Directors had established a policy of paying out half its annual earnings as dividends. The actual percentage varied from year to year because an attempt was made to stabilize the dividends despite fluctuating profit. By the late 2000's, this policy had been revised to set oneâthird of earnings as the target payâout ratio due to the continuing need for capital. At their last annual meeting, the Directors announced that the 2012 dividend would be 60 cents per share, payable quarterly in 15 cent installments. The company's stock is listed on the AMEX and trades actively. The range of yearly stock prices is included in Exhibit 1. The closing price on June 30, 2012 was $24. Market data indicated that Stone was somewhat less risky than the market as a whole with a beta of .80. Returns on the market were averaging approximately 12% and risk free borrowing was still low following the financial meltdown of 2008. These rates averaged 3.5%. Preferred stock, which had been issued many years ago as a part of a financial deal, was selling at $90 per share. Tax rates had averaged 30% over the last few years. Early in 2012, the treasurer of Stone was reviewing its investment and financing strategies with an eye toward improving both. The question as to an appropriate cutâoff ratio of return on new investments was of special concern. The treasurer was of the opinion that many capital expenditures had been made in the past without proper analysis. He wanted a figure he could justify to the firm's managers as a cost of capital in order to achieve a more accurate capital budgeting procedure throughout the organization. He felt this was an especially timely move in view of an article he had just read in the WSJ and which is reproduced in Exhibit Ill. Stone's own longârange planning group had earlier forecast a trend not unlike that indicated in the Journal. The treasurer was well aware that financing did not come free and that the costs of issuance of preferred stock would cost 8%, bonds would cost 4% and equity 12%. He thought it important to determine how such costs would inflate the costs of any proposed projects the company might pursue in the futures. Thus he wanted to determine what the total cost of a $1,000,000 investment would be after considering any financing costs
Exhibit 1
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Exhibit II
Balance Sheet As of 12/31/2012 (figures in Millions)
Cash 20 Accounts Receivable 10 Inventories 30 Plant and Equipment, net 60 Total Assets 120 Accounts Payable 20 Misc Accruals 10 Preferred Stock (5%) 10 Long term Debt 24 Common Stock (2.5 million shares) 12 Capital Surplus 4 Retained Earnings 40 Total Liabilities and Equity 120 The firm's bonds carried a 6% coupon, a 12/31/2022 maturity and were selling for $960 as of 6/30/2012.
What is the cost of preferred stock?
