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Chapter 5: 1BP-a (page 566)
Folic Acid Inc. has million in earnings, pays million in interest to bondholders, and pays million in dividends to preferred stockholders.
a. What are the common stockholders’ residual claims to earnings?
The residual income left with the company for common stockholders is
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Trump Card Co. will issue stock at a retail (public) price of \(32. The company will receive \)29.20 per share.
a. What is the spread on the issue in the percentage terms?
b. If the firm demands receiving a new price only $2.20 below the public price suggested in part a, what will the spread be in percentage terms?
c. To hold the spread down to 2.5 percent based on the public price in part a, what net amount should Trump Card Co. receive?
Take the following list of securities and arrange them in order of their priority of claims: (LO16-1)
Preferred stock Senior debenture
Subordinated debenture Senior secured debt
Common stock Junior secured debt
Question: The trustee in the bankruptcy settlement for Titanic Boat Co. lists the following book values and liquidation values for the assets of the corporation. Liabilities and stockholders’ claims are also shown.
Assets | ||
Book value | Liquidation value | |
Accounts receivables | \(1,400,000 | \)1,200,000 |
Inventory | \(1,800,000 | \)900,000 |
Machinery and equipment | \(1,100,000 | \)600,000 |
Building and plant | \(4,200,000 | \)2,500,000 |
Total assets | \(8,500,000 | \)5,200,000 |
Liabilities and stockholder’s claims | |
Liabilities | |
Accounts payable | \(2,800,000 |
First lien, secured by machinery and equipment | \)900,000 |
Senior unsecured debt | \(2,200,000 |
Subordinated debenture | \)1,700,000 |
Total liabilities | \(7,600,000 |
Stockholder’s claims | |
Preferred stock | \)250,000 |
Common stock | \(650,000 |
Total stockholder’s claims | \)900,000 |
Total liabilities and stockholder’s claims | $8,500,000 |
g. List the remaining claims (unsatisfied secured and unsecured) and make an initial allocation and final allocation similar to that shown in Table 16A-4. Subordinated debenture holders may keep the balance after full payment is made to senior debt holders.
Why is secondary trading in the security markets important?
Tiger Golf Supplies has $25 million in earnings with 7 million shares outstanding. Its investment banker thinks the stock should trade at a P/E ratio of 31. Assume there is an underwriting spread of 7.8 percent. What should the price to the public be?
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