XYZ Co. is all equity financed. The equity consists of 1000 common shares with a market value of $10 per share. | |||||
Management is considering three mutually exclusive uses of $1000 in cash that is not needed for working capital. | |||||
What will be the market price of XYZ's common stock, the number of shares outstanding, and the value of the firm | |||||
immediately after each of these alternatives? Ignore tax considerations. | |||||
a) Pay a cash dividend of $1 per share. | |||||
b) Use the $1000 to repurchase common shares in the market. | |||||
c) Invest $1000 in a new (previously unanticipated) investment project whose NPV is | |||||
known to equal $200. |
a. When a dividend of $1 is paid, the price of the stock reduces by the amount of dividend and hence the new price will be $10-1 = $9
Price = $9, Number of shares = 1000, Market value of stock = 9*1000 = 9,000
b. When there is the repurchase of shares
No. of shares repurchased = 1000/10 = 100
Number of shares outstanding = 1000 -100 = 900 shares
Price remains unchanged at $10
Market value = 900*10 = $9,000
c. Anticipated value = 200
Expected Incerase in share price = 200/1000 = 0.2
New share price = $10.2
Number of shares = 1000
Market value = 10.2*1000 = $10,200
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