You were hired as a consultant to Protec Company, whose target capital structure is 40% debt, 15% preferred, and 45% common equity. The after-tax cost of debt is 5.00%, the cost of preferred is 7.0%, and the cost of retained earnings is 11.50%. The firm will not be issuing any new stock. What is its WACC? 6.75% 7.18% 7.64% 7.93% 8.23%

Navel county choppers, inc., is experiencing rapid growth. the company expects dividends to grow at 19 percent per year for the next 8 years before leveling off at 5 percent into perpetuity. the required return on the company’s stock is 10 percent. if the dividend per share just paid was $1.52, what is the stock price?

Which of the following is false regarding the links between jit and quality? a. jit increases the cost of obtaining good quality. b. as quality improves, fewer inventory buffers are needed; in turn, jit performs better. c. jit reduces the number of potential sources of error by shrinking queues and lead times. d. inventory hides bad quality; jit immediately exposes it. e. if consistent quality exists, jit allows firms to reduce all costs associated with inventory.

Exercise 8-6 goods in transit [lo8-2] the kwok company's inventory balance on december 31, 2016, was $190,000 (based on a 12/31/16 physical count) before considering the following transactions: 1. goods shipped to kwok f.o.b. destination on december 20, 2016, were received on january 4, 2017. the invoice cost was $35,000. 2. goods shipped to kwok f.o.b. shipping point on december 28, 2016, were received on january 5, 2017. the invoice cost was $22,000. 3. goods shipped from kwok to a customer f.o.b. destination on december 27, 2016, were received by the customer on january 3, 2017. the sales price was $45,000 and the merchandise cost $27,000. 4. goods shipped from kwok to a customer f.o.b. destination on december 26, 2016, were received by the customer on december 30, 2016. the sales price was $25,000 and the merchandise cost $18,000. 5. goods shipped from kwok to a customer f.o.b. shipping point on december 28, 2016, were received by the customer on january 4, 2017. the sales price was $30,000 and the merchandise cost $17,000. required: determine the correct inventory amount to be reported in kwok's 2016 balance sheet.