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A firm has common stock of $82, paid-in surplus of $180, total liabilities of $370, current assets of $310, and net fixed assets of $520. What is the amount of the shareholders’ equity?

Western Bank offers you a $12,000, 6-year term loan at 7 percent annual interest. What is the amount of your annual loan payment?

Gnomes R Us just paid a dividend of $1.75 per share. The company has a dividend payout ratio of 40 percent. If the PE ratio is 15.4 times, what is the stock price?

At the beginning of the year, Vendors, Incorporated, had owners’ equity of $51,410. During the year, net income was $7,550 and the company paid dividends of $5,010. The company also repurchased $9,510 in equity. What was the owners’ equity account at the end of the year?

You are set to receive an annual payment of $11,500 per year for the next 11 years. Assume the interest rate is 6.4 percent. How much more are the payments worth if they are received at the beginning of the year rather than the end of the year?

Whipple Corporation just issued 275,000 bonds with a coupon rate of 5.99 percent paid semiannually that mature in 20 years. The bonds have a YTM of 6.43 percent and have a par value of $2,000. How much money was raised from the sale of the bonds? (Round your intermediate calculations to two decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

Your bank pays 1.2 percent compounded daily on its savings accounts. If you deposit $7,500 today, how much will you have in your account 15 years from now?

Sweet Sue Foods has bonds outstanding with a coupon rate of 5.26 percent paid semiannually and sell for $2,133.14. The bonds have a par value of $2,000 and 17 years to maturity. What is the current yield for these bonds?

Fancy Cat Products has a project that will cost $254,000 today and will generate monthly cash flows of $5,460 for the next 65 months. What is the rate of return of this project when expressed as an APR?

You just paid $465,000 for a policy that will pay you and your heirs $19,100 per year forever with the first payment in one year. What rate of return are you earning on this policy?