The risk-free rate of return is 4.5%, the expected rate of return on the market portfolio is 14%, and the stock of Xyrong Corporation has a beta coefficient of 3.0. Xyrong pays out 40% of its earnings in dividends, and the latest earnings announced were $7.50 per share. Dividends were just paid and are expected to be paid annually. You expect that Xyrong will earn an ROE of 25% per year on all reinvested earnings forever. a. What is the intrinsic value of a share of Xyrong stock?
b. If the market price of a share is currently $15, and you expect the market price to be equal to the intrinsic value one year from now, what is your expected 1-year holding-period return on Xyrong stock?

What is the most important type of decision that the financial manager makes?

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?

3. describe the purpose of the sec. (1-4 sentences. 2.0 points)