The Carlton Corporation has $5 million in earnings after taxes and 2 million shares outstanding. The stock trades at a P/E of 10. The firm has $5 million in excess cash. a. Compute the current price of the stock. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places.) b. If the $5 million is used to pay dividends, how much will dividends per share be? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. If the $5 million is used to repurchase shares in the market at a price of $30 per share, how many shares will be acquired? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole share.) d. What will the new earnings per share be? (Use the rounded number of shares computed in part c but do not round any other intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) e-1. If the P/E ratio remains constant, what will the price of the securities be? (Use the rounded answer from part d and round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.) e-2. By how much, in terms of dollars, did the repurchase increase the stock price? (Use the rounded whole dollar answer from part e-1. A negative value should be indicated with a minus sign. Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.) f. Has the stockholders' total wealth changed as a result of the stock repurchase as opposed to receiving the cash dividend? Yes No

According to the law of demand, there is an inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded. that is, the demand curve for goods and services slopes downward. why?

Peninsula products has just applied for a loan at your bank. when reviewing peninsula's books for the year that just ended, you notice that the firm uses the fair value option for its bonds payable. you also see that the firm recorded a $55,000 debit in its bonds payable account and a $55,000 credit in its unrealized holding gain or loss"income account. over that same period, interest rates decreased by about 0.5 percent. how should this information affect the bank's decision as to whether to grant peninsula a loan? a : the bank should strongly consider giving a loan to peninsula because the changes in firm's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts suggest that peninsula has seen an increase in its credit rating over the past year. b : the bank should put little emphasis on the changes in peninsula's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts because these changes are likely the result of the rise in interest rates. c : the bank should hesitate before giving a loan to peninsula because the changes in firm's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts suggest that peninsula has seen a decline in its credit rating over the past year. d : the bank should put little emphasis on the changes in peninsula's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts because these changes are likely unrelated to either interest rates or the firm's credit rating.

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