Answer:
b. products that have identical attributes, such as frozen yogurt.
Explanation:
A monopoly is formed when a firm or a group of firms have a an unfair advantage in supplying a product and faces no competition while operating.
It is important to identify the market where the monopolist exists.
In the given scenario where Dairy Cream wants to merge with EZ Freeze Inc., its main competitor and a maker of ice cream and other frozen desserts. The merger will eliminate competition and the product market is defined under ice cream and products that have identical attributes, such as frozen yogurt.
Answer:
5.71%
Explanation:
The after tax cost of debt=pretax cost of debt*(1-t)
where t is the tax rate of 35% or 0.35
pretax cost of debt=yield to maturity
The yield to maturity can be determined using rate formula in excel as below:
=rate(nper,pmt,-pv,fv)
nper is the number of coupon interest payable by the bonds i.e 12 coupons in 12 years
pmt is the annual coupon=$1000*9.5%=$95
pv is the current market price-flotation cost=$1,100-$48=$1052
fv is the face value of $1000
=rate(12,95,-1052,1000)=8.78%
After tax cost of debt=8.78%
*(1-0.35)=5.71%
Answer:
Option D. Not enough information to answer this question.
Explanation:
There are number of factors the company considers before entering or exiting the market and some of these include Marginal cost or marginal revenue analysis, project analysis which considers the future cost and benefits by continuing the business, Porter five forces factors consideration before entering, Capabilities and resource analysis, etc.
So merely a price doesn't decides that we going to enter the market or we are leaving the market. Their are chances that we can control the cost of that the competitor starts selling the product at cost which will have harmful impact.
So the information provided to answer this question is not enough.
Answer:
d) EPS cannot be calculated if a company has no preferred stock.
Explanation:
The above statement is untrue about E.P.S because the reason why 'Preferred dividend' (which is dividend on preference shares) is subtracted from Net Income, before being divided by the 'Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding' is for comparability.
Since the denominator is based on 'common shares' or 'ordinary shares', it makes sense not to include the part of income that has fallen to preferred shares.
As a matter of fact there are a lot of companies that do not have preferred stock and still report Earnings Per Share on their financial statements.
Finally, still on comparability; E.P.S helps to compare the performance of big companies that have preferred stock with small companies that do not have. Hence EPS can be calculated even when there is no preferred stock.
Answer:
The old man was stuck in the rare chance
