Enscoe Enterprises, Inc. (EEI) has 320,000 shares authorized, 260,000 shares issued, and 50,000 shares of treasury stock. At this point, EEI has $980,000 of assets. $140,000 liabilities, $620,000 of common stock, and $220,000 of retained earnings. Further, assume that the market value of EEI's common stock is $6 per share. Required a. Determine the number of shares of stock that is outstanding. b. Determine the book value per share. c. Provide a rational explanation for the difference between the book value per share and the market value per share of EEIs' common stock.

Your aunt is thinking about opening a hardware store. she estimates that it would cost $300,000 per year to rent the location and buy the stock. in addition, she would have to quit her $45,000 per year job as an accountant. a. define opportunity cost. b. what is your aunt's opportunity cost of running a hardware store for a year? if your aunt thought she could sell $350,000 worth of merchandise in a year, should she open the store? explain.

Burke enterprises is considering a machine costing $30 billion that will result in initial after-tax cash savings of $3.7 billion at the end of the first year, and these savings will grow at a rate of 2 percent per year for 11 years. after 11 years, the company can sell the parts for $5 billion. burke has a target debt/equity ratio of 1.2, a beta of 1.79. you estimate that the return on the market is 7.5% and t-bills are currently yielding 2.5%. burke has two issuances of bonds outstanding. the first has 200,000 bonds trading at 98% of par, with coupons of 5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 5 years. the second has 500,000 bonds trading at par, with coupons of 7.5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 12 years. kate, the ceo, usually applies an adjustment factor to the discount rate of +2 for such highly innovative projects. should the company take on the project?

Cynthia is a hospitality worker in the lodging industry who prefers to cater to small groups of people. she might want to open a