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Anytime Coffee has 160,000 shares of stock outstanding, sales of $1.94 million, net income of $126,400, a price-earnings ratio of 21.3, and a book value per share of $7.92. What is the market-to-book ratio?

A stock is expected to maintain a constant dividend growth rate of 4.2 percent indefinitely. If the stock has a dividend yield of 5.5 percent, what is the required return on the stock?

Choi Tech stock currently sells for $64 per share and the required return is 12 percent. The total return is evenly divided between the capital gains yield and the dividend yield. What is the current dividend per share if it’s the company’s policy to always maintain a constant growth rate in its dividends?

All else constant, a(n) ______ will increase the internal rate of growth.

You have a credit card with a balance of $13,600 and an APR of 18 percent compounded monthly. You have been making payments of $260 per month, but you have received a substantial raise and will increase your monthly payments to $335 per month. How many months quicker will you be able to pay off the account?

Assume the total cost of a college education will be $245,000 when your child enters college in 15 years. You presently have $108,000 to invest for this purpose. What annually compounded rate of interest must you earn to cover the cost of your child’s college education?

Book Match just paid an annual dividend of $1.50 per share. The company will increase its dividend by 7 percent next year and will then reduce its dividend growth rate by 2 percentage points per year until it reaches the industry average of 3 percent dividend growth, after which the company will keep a constant growth rate forever. What is the price of this stock today given a required return of 14 percent?

Kroencke Freight is saving money to build a new loading platform. Three years ago, they set aside $23,000 for this purpose. Today, that account is worth $31,406. What annually compounded rate of interest is the firm earning on this investment?

Stoneheart Group is expected to pay a dividend of $3.15 next year. The company’s dividend growth rate is expected to be 4 percent indefinitely and investors require a return of 11.6 percent on the company’s stock. What is the stock price?

Naples Corporation has an unfunded pension liability of $327 million that must be paid in 16 years. What is the present value of this liability at a discount rate of 6.24 percent, compounded annually?