Robert gillman, an equity research analyst at gillman advisors, believes in efficient markets, he has been following the mining industry for the past 10 years and needs to determine the constant-growth rate that he should use while valuing pan asis minin co. robert has the following information available. pan asis minin co. stock is trading at $23.75the company's stock is expected to apy a year-end divfident of $1.14 that is expected to grow at a certain reat. the stock's expected rate of return is 11.40%based on the information just given, what will be robert's forecast of pamc's growth rate? a. 6.60% b.11.35 c. 5.48% d. 9.90%which of the following statements accurately describes the relationship between earning and dividends when all other factors are held constant? a. growth in earning requires in dividends. b. long-run earnings growth occurs primarily because firms pay dividends to reward their shareholders for investing in the companyc. retaining a higher percentage of earning will result in a higher growth rate.

During 2017, sheridan company expected job no. 26 to cost $300000 of overhead, $500000 of materials, and $200000 in labor. sheridan applied overhead based on direct labor cost. actual production required an overhead cost of $260000, $510000 in materials used, and $150000 in labor. all of the goods were completed. what amount was transferred to finished goods?

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Afirm's before-tax cost of debt, rd, is the interest rate that the firm must pay on debt. because interest is tax deductible, the relevant cost of debt used to calculate a firm's wacc is the cost of debt, rd (1 – t). the cost of debt is used in calculating the wacc because we are interested in maximizing the value of the firm's stock, and the stock price depends on cash flows. it is important to emphasize that the cost of debt is the interest rate on debt, not debt because our primary concern with the cost of capital is its use in capital budgeting decisions. the rate at which the firm has borrowed in the past is because we need to know the cost of capital. for these reasons, the on outstanding debt (which reflects current market conditions) is a better measure of the cost of debt than the . the on the company's -term debt is generally used to calculate the cost of debt because more often than not, the capital is being raised to fund -term projects. quantitative problem: 5 years ago, barton industries issued 25-year noncallable, semiannual bonds with a $1,600 face value and a 8% coupon, semiannual payment ($64 payment every 6 months). the bonds currently sell for $845.87. if the firm's marginal tax rate is 40%, what is the firm's after-tax cost of debt? round your answer to 2 decimal places. do not round intermediate calcu