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Exhibit 1 Balance Sheet Eva Spade Current Assets $5625 Fixed Assets $5625 Total

ID: 2491130 • Letter: E

Question

Exhibit 1 Balance Sheet Eva Spade

Current Assets

$5625

Fixed Assets

$5625

Total Asset

$11250

Current Liabilities

$1500

Long-Term Debt

$2250

Common Stock ($2 par value)

$1500

Retained Earnings

$6000

Total Liability and Equity

$11250

Exhibit 2 Revenue and Earnings Eva Spade

Year

Sales

Net Income

EPS

1994

7,500,000

900,000

1.20

1995

10,312,500

1,267,500

1.69

1996

12,000,000

1,440,000

1.92

1997

18,750,000

2,156,250

2.88

1998

21,375,000

2,250,000

3.00

1999

23,250,000

2,673,750

3.57

2000

27,375,000

3,011,250

4.02

2001

31,875,000

3,225,000

4.30

2002

34,125,000

3,375,000

4.50

2003

38,625,000

3,422,700

4.56

Exhibit 3 Selected Capital Market, Firm& Industry Data

Yield on AAA Corporate Debt

6%

Yield on 10-year U.S Treasury Bonds

5.10%

Historical average return on a broad market

average of common Stock

16%

Dividend payout Ratio (average) for competitors in retail optics and repair

25%

Marginal Tax Rate for Eva Spade’s(recent)

30%

Coupon Rate, Eva Spade’s outstanding long-term debt

7.50%

Remaining term to maturity, Eva Spade’s outstanding long-term debt

6yrs

Dividend payout Ratio, Eva Spade (Recent)

32%

Market price per share, Eva Spade (Recent)

$18.00

1. What are the compound average annual rates of growth for Eva Spade's revenue and net income? How should the firm (eventually) analyze the value if the potential acquisition in light of these numbers?

2. What is Eva Spade's historical (book) cost of equity?

3. What is Eva Spade's historical (book) cost of long-term debt?

4. How do the firm's current liabilities influence the cost of capital calculation?

5. Using the answers for 2-4, what is Eva Spade's historical weighted-average cost of capital or WACC?

Current Assets

$5625

Fixed Assets

$5625

Total Asset

$11250

Current Liabilities

$1500

Long-Term Debt

$2250

Common Stock ($2 par value)

$1500

Retained Earnings

$6000

Total Liability and Equity

$11250

Explanation / Answer

(1)

(a) Compound average growth rate = [(Ending value / Beginning value)]1/Number of years - 1

Number of years = 9

(i) CAGR for revenue = [$38,625,000 / $7,500,000]1/9 - 1 = (5.15)1/9 - 1 = 1.1997 - 1 = 0.1997 = 19.97%

(ii) CAGR for net income = [$3,422,700 / $900,000]1/9 - 1 = (3.803)1/9 - 1 = 1.16 - 1 = 0.16 = 16%

(b) Value of a firm is the present value of all future net earnings discounted at the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). While computing future net earnings, revenues are projected on a growth rate at the CAGR.

(2)

Cost of equity, Ke = Dividend / Book value of equity

= ($3,422,700 x 32%) / $1,500,000 = $1,095,264 / $1,500,000 = 0.73 = 73%

(3)

Book Cost of long-term debt = Coupon rate on long-term debt x (1 - Tax rate) = 7.5% x (1 - 0.3) = 7.5% x 0.7

= 5.25%

Note: First 3 questions are answered.

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