What is the most important disease in dairy cattle?

Elle Mae Industries has a cash balance of $50,000; accounts payable of $150,000; inventory of $190,000; accounts receivable of $250,000; notes payable of $210,000; and accrued wages and taxes of $40,000. How much net working capital does the firm need to fund?

Suppose that Professional Photography has annual sales of $900,000; cost of goods sold of $450,000; average inventories of $5,000; average accounts receivable of $40,000; and an average accounts payable balance of $20,000. Assuming that all of Professional’s sales are on credit, what will be the firm’s cash cycle?

Equipment was purchased for $250,000 plus $500 in freight charges. Installation costs were $750 and sales tax totaled $18,750. Hiring a special consultant to provide advice during the selection of the equipment cost $500. What is this asset’s depreciable basis?

JaiLai Cos. stock has a beta of 1.7, the current risk-free rate is 6.2 percent, and the expected return on the market is 11 percent. What is JaiLai’s cost of equity?

CJ Co. stock has a beta of 0.9, the current risk-free rate is 5.6, and the expected return on the market is 13 percent. What is CJ Co’s cost of equity?

Which of the following current asset financing policies reflects the decision to finance the peaks of current assets with long-term debt and equity that provides the firm with a surplus of cash and marketable securities most of the time, except during peak asset demand?

XYZ Industries has 10 million shares of stock outstanding selling at $10 per share and an issue of $30 million in 8.5 percent, annual coupon bonds with a maturity of 25 years, selling at 102 percent of par ($1,000). If XYZ’s weighted average tax rate is 40 percent and its cost of equity is 15 percent, what is XYZ’s WACC?

Suppose that Hanna Nails, Inc.’s capital structure features 45 percent equity, 55 percent debt, and that its before-tax cost of debt is 5 percent, while its cost of equity is 9 percent. If the appropriate weighted average tax rate is 40 percent, what will be Hanna Nails’ WACC?

PAW Industries has 5 million shares of common stock outstanding with a market price of $8.00 per share. The company also has outstanding preferred stock with a market value of $10 million, and 100,000 bonds outstanding, each with face value $1,000 and selling at 96 percent of par value. The cost of equity is 19 percent, the cost of preferred stock is 15 percent, and the cost of debt is 9 percent. If PAW’s tax rate is 34 percent, what is the WACC?