Formula sheets, the key method steps for every topic and 10 practice problems, with full solutions at the back.
You invest €1 000 at 6% per year with continuous compounding. Find the value FV after 7 years.
You save €150 at the end of every month for 14 years. The account pays 4.2% per year, compounded monthly. How much have you saved at the end? Find FV.
An investment of €20 000 gives these cash flows at the end of years 1 to 4: €9 000, €8 000, €8 000, €4 000. The cost of capital is 12%. Find the net present value NPV.
A project costs €20 000 and returns €14 000, €11 000 at the end of years 1 to 2. Find its internal rate of return IRR in percent.
A bond with a face value of €1 000 pays a 3% annual coupon in two half-yearly payments and matures in 5 years. The yield to maturity is 3.5% per year. Find the price P of the bond.
A bond with a face value of €1 000 and an annual coupon of 3% matures in 5 years and sells for €895. Find its yield to maturity YTM in percent.
A company is financed with ordinary shares worth €10 000 000, preferred shares worth €2 000 000 and debt worth €5 000 000. The cost of equity is 9%, the cost of preferred stock 8% and the pre-tax cost of debt 4%. The tax rate is 28%. Find the WACC.
A company's business has an unlevered (asset) beta of 1.1. It plans a debt-to-equity ratio of 1. The tax rate is 25.8%, the risk-free rate is 3.5% and the market risk premium is 5.5%. Find the cost of equity re at the new capital structure.
A product sells for €30 with a variable cost of €15 per unit. Fixed costs are €15 000 per month and profit is taxed at 20%. How many units Q must be sold per month to earn €3 000 after tax?
A product sells for €16 per unit, with a variable cost of €12 per unit and fixed costs of €4 800 per year. Budgeted sales are 1 440 units. Find the margin of safety MS as a percentage of budgeted sales.
Answer: FV = 1522 €
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: FV = 34223 €
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.
You paid in €25 200 yourself; the rest is interest.
Answer: NPV = 2650 €
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 positive, so the project earns more than the required return.
Answer: IRR = 17.01 %
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 = 977.2 €
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: YTM = 5.456 %
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.
Answer: WACC = 7.082 %
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: re = 14.04 %
Levered beta (Hamada): debt makes equity riskier. βL = βU·(1 + (1 − T)·D/E), where βU is the beta of the business without debt. To move a beta to another capital structure, unlever it first and then relever it at the new D/E.
Answer: Q = 1250 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 = 16.67 %
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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