Solutions to Practice Problems – Chapter 16

 

1 a) Total value of equity = 6,000 + 28,000 = 34,000.

Stock price = 34,000/1,200 = 28.33

Stockholder wealth = value of equity = $34,000

b)   Stock price before the dividend = 28.33

Dividend per share = 6,000/1,200 = 5.00

Ex-dividend stock price = 28.33 – 5 = 23.33

Wealth of s/h will not change.  Wealth after dividend = dividend received + value of shares = 6,000 + 1,200*23.33 = 6,000 + 28,000 = 34,000

c) Stock price before the dividend stays the same, $28.33

To pay an additional $3,000 as dividend, the firm must issue new shares worth $3,000.  Let N = the number of new shares issued.

After the firm has raised $3,000 in new equity and paid the $9,000 dividend, it is left with assets worth $28,000.  So 28,000 is the total value of the 1200 + N shares now outstanding.  The N new shares are worth $3,000.

=> Value of original 1,200 shares = 25,000

=> Ex-dividend stock price = 25,000/1,200 = 20.83

The new shares are issued at this ex-dividend price.  Number of shares issued = 3,000/20.83 = 144

Wealth of the original stockholders after the dividend = dividend received + value of shares = 9,000 + 1,200*20.83 = 9,000 + 25,000 = 34,000.  Once again, stockholder wealth is not affected by the change.

 

 

2 a) Before the dividend, the existing assets of the firm are worth 1,200 + 22,000 = 23,200.

The value of the investment opportunity = the NPV of the project = 1,000

The total value of equity = 23,200 + 1,000 = 24,200.

Stock price = 24,200/4,000 = 6.05

The firm proposes to pay out 1 * 4000 = 4,000 in dividends.  In the context of this problem, the sources and uses of cash, will give us:

      Cash + New Equity = Investment + Dividends

      1,200 + New Equity = 3,500 + 4,000     =>  New Equity = $6,300

Once the firm has issued the new shares, paid the dividend and invested in the project, it has old assets worth 22,000 and new assets worth 3500 + 1000 = 4,500, for a total value of $26,500.  (The PV of the assets acquired for the project = Investment + NPV.)

There are now 4000 + N shares outstanding.  The N new shares are worth 6,300, so the original 4000 shares are worth 20,200, for a stock price of 20,200/4,000 = 5.05.

The original wealth of stockholders = value of their 4,000 shares = 24,200.

The final wealth of stockholders = dividend received + value of their 4,000 shares = 4,000 + 20,200 = 24,200

b)   N new shares are issued at the ex-dividend price of $5.05 to raise $6,300. The number of new shares issued = 6,300/5.05 = 1,247.53

 

3 a) Before the dividend, the existing assets of the firm are worth 1,500 + 7,750 = 9,250.

The value of the investment opportunities = the total NPV of the projects = 425 + 325 = 750

Cum-dividend value of equity = 9,250 + 750 = 10,000.

Cum-dividend stock price = 10,000/1,000 = 10

The firm proposes to pay out 2 * 1000 = 2,000 in dividends.  In the context of this problem, the sources and uses of cash, will give us:

      Cash + New Equity = Investment + Dividends

      1,500 + New Equity = 1,800 + 2,000     =>  New Equity = $2,300

Once the firm has issued the new shares, paid the dividend and invested in the project, it has old assets worth 7,750 and new assets worth 1425 + 1125 = 2,550, for a total value of $10,300. 

There are now 1000 + N shares outstanding.  The N new shares are worth 2,300, so the original 1000 shares are worth 8,000 for a stock price of $8.

=> Ex-dividend value of equity = 10,300

     Ex-dividend stock price = 8

N new shares are issued at the ex-dividend price of $8 to raise $2,300. The number of new shares issued = 2,300/8 = 287.50

The original wealth of stockholders = value of their 1,000 shares = 10,000.

The final wealth of stockholders = dividend received + value of their 1,000 shares = 2,000 + 8,000 = 10,000

The fraction of the shares held by the original stockholders at the end = 1000/1287.50 = 77.67%

b)   With a stock repurchase, the stock price doesn’t change.  The initial and final stock price will be $10. 

Initially there are 1,000 shares outstanding with a total value of $10,000.

They repurchase 200 old shares for $2,000.  They issue 230 new shares for $2,300.

The total value of the firm is now $10,300 (just as it was for firm D), and there are 1000 – 200 + 230 = 1,030 shares outstanding.

The initial wealth of the original stockholders was 1000*10 = 10,000.

At the end the stockholders who sold their shares have $2,000 in cash.  The stockholders who kept their shares have $8,000 worth of equity.  Their total wealth is still the same: 2,000 + 8,000 = 10,000

The fraction of the shares held by the original stockholders at the end = 800/1030 = 77.67%

The number of shares repurchased and the number of new shares issued will both increase.  However, they will increase by the same amount, so there will still be 1,030 shares worth $10 each at the end.  The original stockholders will be left holding a smaller fraction of these 1030 shares.

 

4 a) Cum-dividend value of equity = total value of all 10,000 shares = 8,000 + 240,000 + 900 = 248,900.

Cum-dividend stock price = 248,900/10,000 = 24.89

Value of new equity to be issued = Investment + dividend – cash = 5,000 + 7,500 – 8,000 = $4,500

Ex-dividend value of equity = value of firm’s assets after it has new equity and paid the dividend = value of project + value of other assets = 5,900 + 240,000 = 245,900.

This is the value of the original 10,000 shares plus the N new shares.  The N new shares are worth $4,500.  So the original 10,000 shares are worth 245,900 – 4,500 = 241,400.

Ex-dividend stock price = 241,400/10,000 = 24.14

Number of new shares issued = 4,500/24.14 = 186.41

Cum-dividend stockholder wealth = original value of equity = $248,900

Ex-dividend stockholder wealth = dividend + final value of original 10,000 shares = 7,500 + 10,000*24.14 = 248,900

The fraction of the shares held by the original stockholders at the end = 10,000/(10,000 + 186.41) = 98.17%

b)  With a share repurchase, the stock price doesn’t change.  Initial and final stock price are both $24.89.

The firm spends $8,000 to buy back shares at 24.89 per shares, so number of new shares repurchased = 8,000/24.89 = 321.41

Value of new equity to be issued = Investment + repurchase – cash = 5,000 + 8,000 – 8,000 = $5,000

Number of new shares issued = 5,000/24.89 = 200.88

Initial value of equity = 8,000 + 240,000 + 900 = 248,900 (same as with dividends)

Ex-dividend value of equity = 5,900 + 240,000 = 245,900 (same as with dividends)

Initial wealth of original s/h = 10,000 * 24.89 = 248,900

Final wealth of original s/h = 8,000 + (10,000 – 321.41) * 24.89 = 248,900

Change in wealth of original stockholders = 0

The fraction of the shares held by the original stockholders at the end = (10,000 – 321.41)/( 10,000 – 321.41 + 200.88) = 97.97%  

 

                                                                       

5 a) It is not possible to make a pure dividend policy change; when you try to change the dividend keeping the investment decision constant, the firm’s capital structure necessarily changes. F When you try to make a pure capital structure change, then dividend policy necessarily changes, but not vice versa.

b)   When a firm increases its dividend, stockholders are receiving a higher return; hence the firm’s cost of equity increases. F The cost of equity is based on the expected return or required return.  When a firm increases its dividend, the stock price goes up and stockholders end up with a higher actual return, but that has nothing to do with cost of equity.

c)   The reluctance of managers to cut dividends leads to a situation where dividends reflect nor just current earnings but expected future earnings as well; the market then punishes you for cutting dividends by reducing your stock price. T  It is the reluctance of managers to cut dividends that makes today's dividend reflect future earnings, and gives rise to the information content of dividends.  Because of this link between today's dividend and future earnings, a dividend decrease tells the market that earnings are expected to fall, and the market reduces your stock price.

d)   Dividends are typically increased when earnings go up and managers are confident that earnings will remain at this higher level. T Since managers are reluctant to cut dividends, they will increase them only when they are confident that dividends can be maintained at the higher level, because earnings will be higher.

e)   An earnings announcement tells the market whether earnings went up or down; the accompanying dividend announcement clarifies whether the earnings change is temporary or permanent. T Given the same increase in today's earnings, a firm which knows the earnings increase is permanent will increase dividends, and a firm which knows the earnings increase is temporary will not.

f)    In perfect capital markets, when a firm pays a dividend, the stock price falls by exactly the amount of the dividend. T This is what makes stockholders indifferent to dividend policy.  When a firm pays a dividend, the dividend income is exactly offset by the capital loss due to the ex-dividend drop in the stock price.

g)   If a firm is paying out $2 million to its stockholders, the stock price will fall by the same amount whether the $2 million is paid out through a dividend or a stock repurchase. F The stock price does not fall when there is a stock repurchase.

h)   In PCM, stockholders who do not need cash from their portfolios may not care whether a firm pays dividends or not, but stockholders who need cash from their portfolio for living expenses prefer dividend paying firms. F Stockholders have equal access.  If the firm does not make a cash payout, they can generate their own cash payout by selling some shares.  Even stockholders who need cash from their portfolio do not care whether the firm pays a dividend or not.

i)    Corporations do not pay taxes on their dividend income, so they are indifferent between dividend income and capital gains income. F That's tax-exempt institutions like mutual funds and pension funds.  Corporations do pay taxes on dividend income (though only on 30% of the dividend amount, since 70% is tax-exempt).  

j)    In perfect capital markets, stockholders are indifferent between buying shares in the unlevered firm or borrowing money to buy shares in an otherwise identical levered firm. F  They are indifferent between buying shares in the levered firm or borrowing money to buy shares in an otherwise identical unlevered firm.

 

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