Formula sheets, the key method steps for every topic and 10 practice problems, with full solutions at the back.
You invest €20 000 at a nominal rate of 3.6% per year, compounded monthly. Find the value FV of the investment after 3 years.
A loan of €150 000 is repaid with equal monthly payments over 25 years. The interest rate is 6% per year, compounded monthly. Find the monthly payment A.
An investment of €45 000 gives these cash flows at the end of years 1 to 3: €10 000, €17 000, €11 000. The cost of capital is 5%. Find the net present value NPV.
A project costs €10 000 and returns €6 500, €5 500, €5 500 at the end of years 1 to 3. Find its internal rate of return IRR in percent.
A bond with a face value of €1 000 pays a 4.5% annual coupon in two half-yearly payments and matures in 5 years. The yield to maturity is 5% per year. Find the price P of the bond.
A bond with 20 years to maturity (face value €1 000, annual coupon 5%) sells for €1 136. The issuer can call it in 6 years at a call price of €1 050. Find the yield to call YTC in percent.
A share with a beta of 1.5 has a required return of 14.5%. The risk-free rate is 4%. What expected market return rm does CAPM imply?
A company has 5 000 000 shares trading at €49.50; the book value of its equity is €123 800 000. It just paid a dividend of €1.70 per share, and dividends grow by 5% per year. Its debt has a market value of €74 300 000 and a pre-tax cost of 4.5%. The tax rate is 25%. Find the WACC, using the dividend growth model for the cost of equity.
A product sells for €40 per unit with a variable cost of €20 per unit. Fixed costs are €30 000 per month. How many units Q must be sold per month to make a profit of €20 000?
A product sells for €53 per unit, with a variable cost of €45 per unit and fixed costs of €32 000 per year. Budgeted sales are 6 400 units. Find the margin of safety MS as a percentage of budgeted sales.
Answer: FV = 22277 €
Time value of money: money today is worth more than the same amount later, because it can earn interest. With interest rate i per period, an amount grows as FV = PV·(1 + i)n. A series of equal payments (an annuity) is valued by adding up each payment, which gives the annuity formulas.
Answer: A = 966.5 €
Time value of money: money today is worth more than the same amount later, because it can earn interest. With interest rate i per period, an amount grows as FV = PV·(1 + i)n. A series of equal payments (an annuity) is valued by adding up each payment, which gives the annuity formulas.
The present value of N equal payments A is A·(1 − (1 + i)⁻ᴺ)/i. Set it equal to the loan and solve for A.
Answer: NPV = −10554 €
Net present value: discount every cash flow back to today with the required rate of return r, then add them up: NPV = Σ CFₜ/(1 + r)ᵗ. A project with NPV > 0 earns more than r and adds value. The internal rate of return (IRR) is the rate at which NPV = 0.
NPV is negative, so the project earns less than the required return.
Answer: IRR = 35.53 %
Net present value: discount every cash flow back to today with the required rate of return r, then add them up: NPV = Σ CFₜ/(1 + r)ᵗ. A project with NPV > 0 earns more than r and adds value. The internal rate of return (IRR) is the rate at which NPV = 0.
NPV falls as the rate rises, so the IRR lies between a rate with positive NPV and one with negative NPV.
Linear interpolation gives a first estimate; repeating it (or a calculator's IRR function) gives the exact rate.
Answer: P = 978.1 €
Bond pricing: a bond’s price is the present value of its cash flows, discounted at the yield to maturity (YTM): the coupons form an annuity and the face value is paid back at maturity. P = C·(1 − (1 + y)⁻ⁿ)/y + F/(1 + y)ⁿ. When the yield is above the coupon rate the bond trades below face value, and the other way round.
The yield is above the coupon rate, so the bond sells at a discount.
Answer: YTC = 3.238 %
Bond pricing: a bond’s price is the present value of its cash flows, discounted at the yield to maturity (YTM): the coupons form an annuity and the face value is paid back at maturity. P = C·(1 − (1 + y)⁻ⁿ)/y + F/(1 + y)ⁿ. When the yield is above the coupon rate the bond trades below face value, and the other way round.
The yield to maturity is 3.999%. Investors in a premium bond expect it to be called, so the lower yield to call is the more realistic one.
Answer: rm = 11 %
Cost of capital: CAPM gives the return shareholders require: re = rf + β·(rm − rf). The weighted average cost of capital mixes equity and debt by their market values: WACC = E/V·re + D/V·rd·(1 − T), with V = E + D. Interest is tax-deductible, hence the (1 − T).
Answer: WACC = 7.398 %
Cost of capital: CAPM gives the return shareholders require: re = rf + β·(rm − rf). The weighted average cost of capital mixes equity and debt by their market values: WACC = E/V·re + D/V·rd·(1 − T), with V = E + D. Interest is tax-deductible, hence the (1 − T).
Answer: Q = 2500 units
Cost-volume-profit: each unit sold earns a contribution margin, price minus variable cost per unit. Profit = Q·(p − v) − F, where F is the fixed cost. At the break-even point profit is zero, so Q = F/(p − v).
Answer: MS = 37.5 %
Cost-volume-profit: each unit sold earns a contribution margin, price minus variable cost per unit. Profit = Q·(p − v) − F, where F is the fixed cost. At the break-even point profit is zero, so Q = F/(p − v).
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