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Second Examination – Finance 3321
Fall 2007 (Moore) – Version 1
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Use the Financial Statements for Dean Foods at the end of the exam booklet to answer the following
17 questions (no partial credit) – clearly show all inputs to be eligible for credit.
1. Compute the Accounts Receivable Turnover for 2006.
2. Compute the Current Ratio for 2004.
3. Compute the Debt Service Margin for 2005.
4. Compute the Debt to Equity Ratio for 2006.
5. Compute the Gross Profit Margin for 2004.
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6. Compute the Internal Growth Rate for 2006.
7. Compute the Days Supply of Inventory for 2005.
8. Compute the Net Profit Margin for 2006.
9. Compute the Operating Profit Margin for 2005.
10. Compute the Quick Asset Ratio for 2004.
11. Compute Return on Assets for 2006.
12. Compute Return on Equity for 2005.
13. Compute the Sustainable Growth Rate for 2006.
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14. Compute percent Sales Growth for 2005.
15. Compute Times Interest Earned for 2005.
16. Compute the Days Investment (supply) of Working Capital for 2006
17. Compute the length of the Cash to Cash Cycle (days) for 2005.
18 Within the context of forecasting, which of the following ratios best links the income statement to
the balance sheet?
a. Net profit margin
b. Current Ratio
c. Return on Equity
d. Asset Turnover
e. Day’s Sales outstanding
19. Within the context of forecasting, which foundation of the forecast financial statements?
a. Sales forecast.
b. Net profit margin
c. Cash to cash cycle
d. Current ratio
e. Asset Turnover
20. In terms of confidence and degree of accuracy, which financial statement is the most difficult to
forecast?
a. Income Statement.
b. Balance Sheet.
c. Statement of Cash Flows
d. Cash flow from operating activities
e. Cash flow from financing activities
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Use the following information(assumptions) to provide forecasts for Deans Foods in problems 21-23.
Assume a forecast (stable) asset turnover ratio of 1.5 and projected sales declining by 3% per year
for the next 4 years for Deans Foods. Further, assume the current ratio in 2006 is 1.03 and that it
will increase by equal amounts over the next three years to reach a target level of 1.30. Finally,
assume that net profit margin is forecast to be 3% for the next 5 years.
21. Compute the forecast total assets in 2009 for Deans Foods.
22. Compute the forecast current ratio in 2008.
23. Compute forecast profits (net income) for 2008.
Use the following for questions 24-25
- Net Sales/Cash from sales
- Net Sales/Net Accounts Receivable
- Net Sales/Warranty Liabilities
- CFFO/OI
- CFFO/NOA
- Asset Turnover (Sales/Total Assets)
2003
0.99
12.0
104
0.88
0.35
1.50
2004
0.98
11.4
106
0.87
0.38
1.49
2005
1.01
11.0
118
0.85
0.37
1.48
2006
1.40
11.2
108
0.68
0.35
1.72
24. Which of the expense diagnostic ratios would provide a “red flag” raising concerns that
expenses may have been understated for the purpose of overstating net income in 2006?
a. Net Sales/Cash from sales
b. Net Sales/Warranty Liabilities
c. CFFO/OI (Cash Flow from Operating Activities)/(Operating Income)
d. CFFO/NOA (Cash Flow from Operating Activities)/(Net Operating Assets)
e. Asset Turnover
25. Which of the revenue diagnostic ratios would provide a “red flag” raising concerns that revenues
may have been overstated for the purpose of overstating net income in 2006?
a. Net Sales/Cash from sales
b. Net Sales/Net Accounts Receivable
c. Asset Turnover
d. CFFO/OI (Cash Flow from Operating Activities)/(Operating Income)
e. CFFO/NOA (Cash Flow from Operating Activities)/(Net Operating Assets)
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26. Compute Dean Food’s Cash Collections from sales for 2006.
27. You have just computed the Beta of a stock to be 1.6 and the estimate of the relevant risk-free
rate is 4%. The expected market return next period is 12% and your estimate of K e is 18%.
What is the appropriate long-run market risk premium?
a. 4.00%
b. 8.00%
c. 8.50%
d. 8.75%
e. 10.0%
28. Which statistic measures the percent variation of the dependent variable that is explained by the
variation in the independent variable?
a. Beta
b. T-Statistic
c. The estimation period
d. Adjusted R-squared
e. Correlation coefficient
29. You are valuing a company that has a June 30 financial year end. It is now October 2007.
Assuming your company publishes its 10-Q within 2 weeks of the end of the quarter, how many
quarters of activity must you forecast when estimating the end of 2008 net income?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5
30. Which of the following statements is correct regarding forecast errors.
a. A $1,000 forecast error in 10 years is more expensive in terms of valuation error, today, when
compared to an $800 error in 3 years. (assume a 15& discount rate)
b. Raw (undiscounted) forecasts errors are expected to grow in time
c. One would expect that forecast operating cash flows are more accurate than forecast net
income.
d. When forecasting balance sheets in an equity valuation project, one is more concerned with
the accuracy of forecast total liabilities than forecast total equity.
e. It is normal to expect forecast errors in a smooth growing terminal value perpetuity are
relatively lower than intermediate term forecasts.
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Consider the following information for Questions 31 through 33:
You have just estimated β for XYZ Corp. using the Capital Asset Pricing Model. Your regression
results follow. In addition, you also have performed research on the 10-K to get the balance sheet
information below. Your goal is to estimate the relevant costs of capital for XYZ Corp. Assume that
last year’s market return was 12% and the 5-year Treasury had a yield of 5%. Also, you found the
market risk premium over the last 3-years to be 6% and that interest rates are not expected to
change in the next 4 years. The Market Cap is $80 million and the tax rate is 30%
Balance Sheet (Millions)
Estimation
R
2
Period
β
5-Year
2.00
5.25%
3-Year
2-Year
1.50
1.30
28.45%
18.55%
Published β
1.30
2006
Average
Interest
Rate
Total Assets
120
Current Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities
Long-term Debt
Pension Liabilities
10
4.00%
30
40
8.00%
12.00%
Book Value of Equity
40
31. Based on your analysis, compute the appropriate estimate of the cost of equity.
32.
Compute the Before-Tax weighted average cost of debt
33.
Compute the After Tax Weighted average cost of capital.
34.
Which cost of capital should be used to value the free cash flow to the firm being forecast in
this semester’s project (1-Point)
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Income Statement (in thousands)
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Dean's Foods Co.
Total Revenue
Cost of Goods Sold
Gross Profit
Operating Expenses:
Selling General and Administrative
Other Operating Expenses
Total Operating Expenses
Operating Income or Loss
Income from Continuing Operations
Total Other Income/Expenses Net
Earnings Before Interest And Taxes
Interest Expense
Income Before Tax
Income Tax Expense
Net Income
31-Dec-04
10,822,285
8,257,756
2,564,529
31-Dec-05
10,505,560
7,919,252
2,586,308
31-Dec-06
10,098,555
7,358,676
2,739,879
1,856,291
41,345
1,856,291
666,893
1,934,438
44,779
1,934,438
607,091
2,058,085
31,099
2,058,085
650,695
253
667,146
204,770
462,376
177,002
285,374
789
607,880
168,984
438,896
166,423
272,473
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650,260
194,547
455,713
175,450
280,263
Statement of Cash Flows (in thousands)
PERIOD ENDING
Cash Flow From Operating Activities:
Net Income
Adjustments To Reconcile Cash Flows
Depreciation
Other Adjustments To Net Income
Changes In Accounts Receivables
Changes In Current Liabilities
Changes In Inventories
Changes In Other Operating Activities
Total Cash Flow From Operating
Activities
Dean's Foods Co.
31-Dec-04
31-Dec-05
31-Dec-06
285,374
272,473
280,263
223,547
212,162
-83,456
-84,685
-25,722
436
221,291
14,337
-37,657
12,301
-16,001
37,858
227,682
183,545
23,317
-105,622
-5,226
12,108
527,656
559,660
561,218
Total Cash Flows From Investing
Activities
-746,571
-117,720
-167,465
Total Cash Flows From Financing
Activities
199,344
-444,227
-387,069
($19,571)
($2,287)
$6,684
Change In Cash and Cash Equivalents
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Balance Sheet (in thousands)
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Dean's Foods Co.
PERIOD ENDING
Assets
Current Assets
Cash And Cash Equivalents
Net Receivables
Inventory
Other Current Assets
Total Current Assets
31-Dec-04
31-Dec-05
31-Dec-06
27,572
1,011,910
479,981
76,961
1,596,424
25,120
1,005,174
380,209
66,465
1,476,968
31,140
917,029
360,754
70,367
1,379,290
1,946,992
3,490,129
722,823
0
6,159,944
1,874,486
3,014,879
684,551
0
5,573,916
1,786,907
2,943,139
640,857
19,980
5,390,883
7,756,368
7,050,884
6,770,173
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable
Current Maturities of Long Term Debt
Total Current Liabilities
965,199
141,227
1,106,426
1,029,087
108,243
1,137,330
852,898
483,658
1,336,556
Long Term Debt
Other Liabilities
Deferred Long Term Liability Charges
Total Non-Current Liabilities
3,116,032
341,531
531,242
3,988,805
3,328,592
225,636
487,247
4,041,475
2,872,193
247,473
504,552
3,624,218
Total Liabilities
5,095,231
5,178,805
4,960,774
Stockholders' Equity
Common Stock
Retained Earnings
Capital Surplus
Other Stockholder Equity
Total Stockholder Equity
1,492
1,359,632
1,308,172
-8,159
2,661,137
1,342
1,194,550
702,120
-25,933
1,872,079
1,284
1,229,427
624,475
-45,787
1,809,399
Total Liabilities & Equity
7,756,368
7,050,884
6,770,173
Property Plant and Equipment
Goodwill
Intangible Assets
Other Non-Current Assets
Total Non-Current Assets
Total Assets
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