FM Super 50-LDR Compiler
FM Super 50-LDR Compiler
1. Introduction to FM 3
3. Leverage 5
4. Cost Of Capital 6
5. Capital Structure 3
6. Dividend Decisions 4
8. Capital Budgeting 8
TOTAL 50
QUESTIONS पचास
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2) XYZ Ltd. has capital investment of Rs. 150 crores. After tax operating income is Rs. 20
crores and company have a cost of capital of 12%. Estimate the Economic Value Added
of the firm.
a) If the company aims to make a profit of $210,000 for the first year, what should the
selling price be? What is the contribution margin at this price?
b) If, at the end of first year, the company aims to increase its volume, how many units
will they have to sell to realize a profit of $760,000 given the following conditions?
An increase of $100,000 in the annual fixed costs will increase their capacity to
50,000 units
Selling price is at $70 per unit and no other costs change
$500,000 is invested in advertising.
a) P/V Ratio.
b) Break-even point.
c) Total variable cost for 2005-2006 & 2006-2007.
d) Sales required to earn a profit of Rs. 60,000.
e) Profit/Loss when sales are Rs. 1,00,000.
7) A Ltd. Maintains margin of safety of 37.5% with an overall contribution to sales ratio of
40%. Its fixed costs amount to Rs. 5 lakhs.
8) Mahindra Ltd. sells two products, J and K. The sales mix is 4 units of J and 3 units of K.
The contribution margins per unit are $40 for J and $20 for K. Fixed costs are $6,16,000
per month.
Sales $5,00,000
Less variable cost 40% $2,00,000
Contribution $3,00,000
Less fixed cost $2,00,000
EBIT $1,00,000
Less interest $25,000
11) From the following details of X Ltd. Prepare the income statement for the year ended
31st December 2024:
Financial leverage 2
Interest 2,000
Operating leverage 3
13) A new project requires a capital outlay of 400 lakhs. The required amount to be raised
either fully by equity shares of 100 each or by equity shares of the value of 200 lakhs
and by loan of 200 lakhs at 15% interest. Assuming a tax rate of 40%, Calculate the
figure of EBIT that would keep the equity investors indifferent to the two options.
15) SK Co. Ltd. wishes to issue 1,000, 10% Debentures of Rs. 500 each for which the company
will be required to incur the following expenses:
Underwriting commission 2%,
Brokerage 0.5%,
Printing and other expenses Rs.7,500.
Calculate cost of capital (before tax as well as after tax) assuming the debt is issued:
a) At 10% discount repayable after 10 years and
b) At 10% premium repayable after 10 years.
16) The SK Company declared last dividend of Rs. 1.50 last year. The company is likely to
have growth rate of 12% in the next two years, 10% in the third year and fourth year
and thereafter the growth rate would stabilize at 8%.
Find the price at which the share shall be purchased if the shareholders expected rate
of return is 16%.
17) The capital structure of a company and its specific costs are given below. Find out
simple and the weighted average cost of capital of the company.
50,00,000
9% Debentures 2,75,000
TOTAL 10,00,000
Additional Information:
Rs 100 Per Debenture Redeemable at Par has 2% Floatation Cost and 10 Years of
Maturity. The Market Price Per Debentures is Rs 105.
Rs 100 Per Preference Share Redeemable at Par has 3% Floatation Cost and 10
Years of Maturity. The Market Price Per Preference Share is Rs 106.
Equity Share has Rs 4 Floatation Cost and Market Price Per Share of Rs 24. The next
year expected Dividend is Rs 2 Per Share with Annual Growth of 5%. The firm has a
practice of paying all earnings in the form of dividends.
Corporate Income-Tax Rate is 35%.
You are required to Calculate Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) using
Market Value Weights.
19) The capital structure of Vidya Ltd as on 31 st march is as follows (Rs in lakhs):
The current market price per equity share is Rs 350. The prevailing default risk-free
interest rate is 6% and rate of return on market portfolio is 15%. The beta of the
company is 1.289. The corporate tax rate is 30%. The average tax rate of shareholders
Firm A B C D
Assuming that there are no taxes and interest rate on debt is 10%, determine the value
and WACC of each firm using the net income approach. What happens if firm A borrows
Rs. 2 lakhs at 10% to repay equity capital?
21) Ashoke Ltd and Babita Ltd are identical except for capital structure. Ashoke Ltd has
60% debt and 40% equity, whereas Babita ltd has 20% debt and 80% equity. (all % are
in market-value terms). The borrowings rate for both companies is 8% in a no-tax world,
and capital markets are assumed to be perfect.
a) If X owns 3% of the equity shares of Ashoke Ltd, determine his return if the company
has net operating income Rs. 4,50,000 and the overall capitalization rate of the
company is 18%. Calculate the implied required rate of return on equity of Ashoke
Ltd.
b) Babita Ltd has the same net operating income as Ashoke Ltd. Calculate the implied
required return of Babita Ltd. Analyze why it differs from that of Ashoke Ltd.
22) There are two firms Neha and Mohan, having same earnings before interest and taxes,
i.e., EBIT of Rs. 20,000. Firm Mohan is a levered company having debt of Rs. 1,00,000
@7% interest rate. Cost of equity of company Neha is 10% and of company Mohan is
11.50% Explain how arbitrage process will be carried on in this case.
24) From the following data calculate the value of an Equity Share of each of the following
three companies according to the Gordon’s model when dividend payout ratio is 25%,
50% and 100%.
25) Bangabasi Ltd. belongs to a risk-class for which the appropriate capitalization rate is
10%. It currently has outstanding 2000 equity shares of 100 each. The firm is
contemplating the declaration of dividend of 18 per share at the end of the current
financial year. It expects to have net earnings of 220,000 and has a proposal for making
new investment of 24,000.
Show that under the Modigliani-Miller assumption, the payment of dividend does not
affect the value of the firm.
Year 1 2 3
28) Sudesh, an executive in an MNC, is 35 years old. He has decided it is time to plan
seriously for his retirement. At the end of each year until he is 65, he will save rs. 10,000
in a retirement account. If the account earns 10% per year, how much will Sudesh have
saved at the age of 65?
Calculate the NPV of the project using a risk discount rate of 20% per year.
31) Due to the large capital needed to establish a factory and warehouse for coffee
machines, Akshay have turned to private investors to fund the expenditure. He met with
The present value of 1 at 10% discount rates at the end of first, second, third, fourth and
fifth year are 0.9091; 0.8264; 0.7513; 0.683; and 0.6209 respectively.
You are required to advise the company on which proposal should be taken up by it.
Year ($)
1 1,00,000
2 1,00,000
3 80,000
4 80,000
5 40,000
Depreciation may be taken as 20% on original cost and taxation at 50% of net income.
You are required to evaluate the project according to each of the following methods:
a) Payback Period Method
Salvage Value 0
36) X Ltd. has a capital budget of 1.5 crore for the year. From the following information
relating to six independent proposals, select the projects if:
a) The projects are divisible and
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b) The projects are indivisible.
A 70,00,000 30,00,000
B 25,00,000 16,00,000
C 50,00,000 20,00,000
D 20,00,000 10,00,000
E 55,00,000 45,00,000
F 75,00,000 -25,00,000
If the projects are divisible. Projects are ranked according to PI and arranged in
descending order.
37) SK. Ltd. is considering the purchase of a new machine which will come out some
operations which are at present performed by labour X and Y are alternative models.
The following information’s are available:
Note: - The present value of Re. 1 @ 8% per annum received annually for 5 years is 3.993
and for 6 years are 4.623.
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38) A company has just installed a machine Model A for the manufacture of a new product
at capital cost of₹ 1,00,000. The annual operating costs are estimated at 50,000
(excluding depreciation) and these costs are estimated on the basis of an annual volume
of 1,00,000 units of production. The fixed costs at this volume of 1,00,000 units of output
will amount to 4,00,000 p.a. The selling price is 5 per unit of output. The machine has a
five-year life with no residual value.
The company has now come across another machine called Super Model which is capable
of giving, the same volume of production at an estimated annual operating cost of 30,000
exclusives of depreciation. The fixed costs will however, remain the same in value. This
machine also will have a five-year life with no residual value. The capital cost of this
machine is 1,50,000.
The company has an offer for the sale of the machine Model A (which has just been
installed) at 50,000 and the cost of removal thereof will amount to 10,000 Ignore tax.
In view of the lower operating cost, the company is desirous of dismantling of the machine
Model A and installing the Super Model Machine. Amame that Model A has not yet started
commercial production and that the time lag in the removal thereof and the installation
of the Super Model machine is not material. The cost of capital is 14% and the P.V. Factors
for each of the five years respectively are 0.877, 0.769,0 675,0.592 and 0.519.
State whether the company should replace Model A machine by installing the Super Model
machine. Will there be any change in your decision if the Model A machine has not been
installed and the company is in the process of consideration of selection of either of the
two models of the machine Present mutable statement to illustrate your answer.
39) A Ltd. Is considering two mutually exclusive projects X and Y. You have been given below
the net cash flow probability distribution for each project.
Net Cash Flow (Rs) Probability Net cash flow (Rs) Probability
40) The textile manufacturing company Ltd is considering one of two mutually exclusive
proposals, Project M and N, which require cash outlays of Rs. 8,50,000 and Rs. 8,25,000
respectively. The certainty-equivalent approach is used in incorporating risk in capital
budgeting decisions.
The current yield on government bonds is 6% and this is the risk-free rate. The expected
net cash flows and their certainty equivalents are as follows -
Required:
42) The Company is a market leader in its product, there is virtually no competitor in the
market. based on market research, it is planning to discontinue sales on credit and
deliver products based on pre-payments. Thereby, it can reduce its working capital
requirement substantially. What would be the reduction in working capital requirement
due to such decision?
On 1st January, the board of Directors of Dowell Co. Ltd wishes to know the amount of
Working Capital that will be required to meet the activity programme they have planned
for the year.
The following data is given
Issued and Paid-up Capital of the Company is 2,00,000.
2.5% Debentures (Secured on assets) ₹ 50,000.
Fixed Assets were valued at the year. 1,25,000 on 31st December at the end of
Production during the previous year was 60,000 units. It is planned that the same
level of activity should be maintained during the current year also.
43) A company plans to manufacture and sell 400 units of a domestic appliance per month
at a price of 600 each. The ratio of costs to selling price are as follows:
Direct expense 5%
44) A trade whose current sales are Rs.6 lacs per annum and an average collection period
of 30 days wants to pursue a more liberal credit policy to improve sales. A study made
by a management consultant reveals the following information:
The selling price per unit is Rs.3, average cost per unit is Rs.2.25 and variable cost per
unit is Rs.2. The current bad debt loss is 1%. Required return on average investment is
20%. Assume 360 days in a year.
Which of the above policies would you recommend for adoption?
45) A firm is considering pushing up its sales by extending credit facilities to the following
categories of customers:
a) Customers with a 10% risk of non-payment, and
b) Customers with a 30% risk of non-payment.
The incremental sales expected in case of category A are ₹40,000 while in case of
category B they are ₹50,000. The cost of production and selling costs are 60% of sales
while the collection costs amount to 5% of sales in case of category A and 10% of sales
in case of category B.
46) A manufacturer requires 1,000 units of a raw material per month. The ordering cost is
Rs.15 per order. The carrying cost in addition to Rs.2 per unit is estimated to be 15% of
the average inventory per unit per year. The purchase price of the raw material is Rs.10
per unit.
Find economic lot size and total cost.
The manufacturer is offered a 5% discount in purchase price for orders of 2,000
units or more but less than 5,000 units.
A further 2% discount is available for orders of 5,000 units or more. Which of these
three alternative ways of purchase he should select?
48) The annual cash requirement of XYZ Ltd. is Rs.10 lakh. The company has marketable
securities in lot sizes of Rs.50,000, Rs.1,00,000, Rs.2,00,000 and Rs.2,50,000. Cost of
49) From the following budgeted figures, prepare a Cash Budget in respect of three months
to June 30:
Expected Cash Balance on 1st April Rs.20,000. Other information are as follows:
Materials and overheads are to be paid during the month following the month of
supply.
Wages are to be paid during the month in which they are incurred.
Terms of Sales: The terms of credit sales are payment by the end of the month
following the month of sales; of the sales are paid when due, the other half to be
paid during the next month.
5% sales commission is to be paid within the month following actual sales.
Preference dividend for Rs.30,000 is to be paid on 1st May.
Share call money for Rs.25,000 is due on 1st April and 1st June.
Plant and Machinery worth Rs.10,000 is to be installed in the month of January and
the payment is to be made in the month of June.