Answer:
$1,700
Explanation:
Given that,
Purchase of raw materials inventory = $1,000
Assignment of raw materials inventory to Job 5 = $500
Payroll for 20 hours with $1,000 assigned to Job 5
Factory utility bills = $750
Overhead applied at the rate = $10 per hour
Cost assigned to Job 5 at the end of the week:
= Raw materials inventory to Job 5 + Labor cost + Manufacturing Overhead applied
= $500 + $1,000 + ($10 per hour × 20 hours)
= $500 + $1,000 + $200
= $1,700
Answer:
0.5
Explanation:
A screenshot is attached to get the full solution
Since the coefficient is < 1, it is inelastic
Answer:
$9,000
Explanation:
The computation of the amount of the discount on the bonds at issuance is shown below:
= Par value of the bond - issued price of the bond
= $400,000 - $391,000
= $9,000
By deducting the issued price of the bond from the par value of the bond we can get the discount amount on issuance of the bond and the same is applied above
Answer:
Option B. Chester Company
Explanation:
The company wants to pursue Niche Cost Leader Strategy. In a Niche cost leader strategy the product is highly differentiated and the cost the company charges to its customer is low as apposed to other competitors. The companies that has highly differentiated product and are new entrants usually use this strategy to win a good share of market size.
The strongest competitor would have lowest price, very stable market share price, high investment in plant and equipment, higher production capacity, lowest return on investment, lowest earnings per dollar sales. etc.
Now we will asses different reports and conclude which competitor will be the strongest competitor for the Niche Cost Leader Strategy company. The analysis is given as under:
- <u>Lowest Price:</u> If we look at the Production information, Price Column and take the average price of the products of each company then we can conclude that Chester's price of average product is $20, Baldwin has $24.17 and the rest of the competitors are charging high. This means Chester is charging lowest price.
- <u>Stable Market Share Price:</u> The vulnerability of share price of Chester is the lowest which stands at $0.45. This means that the stock exchange values the company's share as a stable stock with least vulnerability. (See Stock Market Summary)
- <u>Lower Return on Asset and Return on Sales:</u> If we analyze the Selected Financial Statistics then we will acknowledge that Chester also has 2nd lowest Return on Assets and Return on sales which shows that the company is charging lower prices to its customers. Baldwin is not appropriate to consider here because the company is incurring losses hence its Return on Assets and Return on Sales can not be considered as good indication.
- <u>Higher Investment in Plant and equipment:</u> The company has 2nd highest investment in plant and equipment with highest Net Book Value of $148k and Baldwin stands at $178k. Now again the higher investment of Baldwin is financed by debt which costs the company more than Chester. This means Chester would be strongest competitor because the company will have to only bear the depreciation cost which is non cash flow in nature and not the interest cost which Baldwin is bearing. (See Income statement for Interest Cost and Balance sheet for Carrying value of the asset).
- <u>Production Capacity:</u> Chester has the highest production capacity which means that the company despite its 2nd largest investment in plant and equipment. This means that the plant and machinery of Chester is more innovative which is the reason that the production capacity is higher than other competitors.
From the above analysis it seems that Chester is pursuing Niche Cost Leader Market and is the strongest competitor that the company will face. Hence B is the correct option here.
Answer:
MILLER STORES
Ke = Rf + β(Market risk premium)
12.7 = Rf + 1.38(7.4)
12.7 = Rf + 10.212
Rf = 12.7 - 10.212
Rf = 2.488%
DIVISION A
Ke = Rf + β(Risk premium)
Ke = 2.488 + 1.52(7.4)
Ke = 2.488 + 11.248
Ke = 13.74%
Explanation:
First and foremost, we need to calculate risk-free rate using the data relating to Miller Stores. In this case, the cost of equity, beta and market risk premium of Miller Stores were provided with the exception of risk-free rate. Then, we will make risk-free rate the subject of the formula.
We also need to calculate the cost of capital of division A, which is risk-free rate plus beta multiplied by the market risk-premium.
