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In the value-to-book model growth adds value to shareholders only if the growth is ________________________________________.

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The price differential,or the amount by which the market has discounted share price for risk,is calculated by


A) subtracting the book value from the residual income model book value calculated using the risk free rate.
B) subtracting the market price from the residual income model price calculated using the risk free rate.
C) multiplying the theoretical price-earnings ratio by the market price.
D) subtracting the residual income model price calculated using RE from the residual income model price calculated using the risk free rate.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Discuss how risk and profitability factors cause differences in price-earnings ratios across firms.

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Risk will affect a company's cost of equ...

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Sometimes a high market-to-book ratio is a result of having __________________________________________________.

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Assuming that Ska's cost of equity capital is 14% and it expects to grow earnings at a rate of 8% per year,we would expect Ska's P/E ratio to be


A) 8
B) 16.7
C) 14
D) 4.5

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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The use of P/E ratios in valuation can result in measurement bias.What two items can result in measurement error and why?

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1.Growth - Simple P/E ratios do not take...

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The PEG ratio does not take into account differences in ____________________ and ________________________________________ across firms.

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The risk of the firm increases the _____________________________________________.

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Companies value-to-book and market-to-book ratios may differ due to accounting reasons.An example of an accounting reason that would create a difference is


A) accelerated methods of depreciation.
B) investments in successful research and development programs that are expensed according to conservative accounting principles.
C) using LIFO versus FIFO for inventory.
D) high operating leverage.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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Wolverwine Company's current stock price is $45 per share and the company's trailing earnings per share were $2.12.Given that analysts are forecasting growth of 14% for Wolverwine,what is the company's PEG ratio?


A) 21.2
B) 24.2
C) 2.97
D) 1.52

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following ratios usually reflects investor's opinions of the future prospects for the firm?


A) Earnings per share
B) Dividend yield
C) Price/earnings ratio
D) Book value per share

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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Book value per share may not approximate market value per share because:


A) Land may have substantially increased in value.
B) Market value reflects future potential earning power.
C) Investments may have a market value substantially above the original cost.
D) All of these are reasons why book value per share may not approximate market value per share.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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To estimate security's risk-neutral value we can use the _____________________________________________ and risk-free rates of return.

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What is the value of reverse engineering stock prices? How does the process work?

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Economics teaches that,in equilibrium,firms will earn a return equal to the ______________________________.

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Under the value-to-book model a firm in steady state equilibrium earning ROCE = RE will


A) create additional shareholder wealth and be valued above book value.
B) maintain shareholder wealth and be valued at book value.
C) destroy shareholder wealth and be valued below book value.
D) be in a no-growth state.

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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Which of the following is not a reason why price-earnings ratios would differ across firms?


A) Risk
B) Profitability
C) Growth
D) Operating leverage

E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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Assume an analyst is evaluating a firm with $1,000 of book value of common equity and a cost of equity capital equal to 8 percent.Assume that the analyst forecasts that the firm will earn ROCE of 14 percent until year 2016,when the firm will start earning ROCE equal to 8 percent.The company pays no dividends and will not engage in any stock transactions.Use this information to complete the following table and calculate the firm's value-to-book ratio. Assume an analyst is evaluating a firm with $1,000 of book value of common equity and a cost of equity capital equal to 8 percent.Assume that the analyst forecasts that the firm will earn ROCE of 14 percent until year 2016,when the firm will start earning ROCE equal to 8 percent.The company pays no dividends and will not engage in any stock transactions.Use this information to complete the following table and calculate the firm's value-to-book ratio.

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Explain the analysts' role in making the capital markets efficient.

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Analysts play a key role in making the c...

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Strictly speaking,the price-earnings ratio assumes that firm value is the


A) future value of a constant stream of expected future earnings, discounted at a constant expected future risk-free rate.
B) future value of a constant stream of expected future earnings, discounted at a constant expected future discount rate.
C) present value of a constant stream of expected future earnings, discounted at a constant expected future risk-free rate.
D) present value of a constant stream of expected future earnings, discounted at a constant expected future discount rate.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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