Final FM Assignment 2025
Final FM Assignment 2025
All questions have to be answered very neatly with proper reasoning and formulae.
Marks will be awarded if the methodology and final answers are absolutely correct.
Question 1 to 7 each carry One mark each for each question. (7 marks in total)
Question No. 8 carries 5 marks
Question No.9 carries 3 marks
Question No.10, carries 2 marks
Question No.11 carries 2 marks
Question No. 12 carries 6 marks.
1. Mr. Bajrang is planning to purchase shares of X Ltd. His required rate of return is
20%. Dividends are growing at rate of 10%. What dividend had X Ltd paid last year
if he is willing to pay Rs.27.50 for X Ltd Shares.
2. Raman LTD has an average cost of debt at 10% and tax rate at 40%. The financial
leverage ratio for the company is 0.60. Calculate the return on Equity (ROE) if its
return on Investment (ROI) is 20%.
3. Calculate the level of earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) at which EBS
indifference point between the following financial alternatives will occur.
(i) Equity share capital of Rs.6,00,000 and 12% Debentures of Rs.4,00,000
(ii) Equity share capital of Rs.4,00,000 , 14% preference share capital of
Rs.2,00,000 and 12% Debentures of Rs.4,00,000
Assume the corporate tax rate is 35% par value of equity share of Rs.10 in each
case.
4. Lokanwala firm had current assets of Rs.90,000. It then acquired Stock in trade at
cost of Rs.10,000 on credit. After this acquisition, the current ratio was 2:1 .
Determine the size of Current assets and working capital after and before the
inventories were acquired.
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5. The equity dividend per share (DPS) over the last 5 years are given below:
Year 1 2 3 4 5
Year
Project 1 2 3 4 5
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9. Ram Ltd needs Rs.10,00,000 for expansion. The expansion is expected to yield an
annual EBIT of Rs.1,60,000. In choosing the financial plan, Ram Ltd has an
objective of maximizing the earnings per share. It is considering the possibility of
issuing equity shares and raising debt of Rs.1,00,000 or Rs.4,00,000 or Rs.6,00,000.
The current market price per share is Rs.25/- and is expected to drop to Rs.20/-, if
the funds borrowed are in excess of Rs.5,00,000. Funds can be borrowed at the
rates indicated below : (a) upto Rs.1,00,000 @ 8% . (b) Over Rs.1,00,000 upto
Rs.5,00,000 @ 12%. (c) Over Rs.5,00,000 @ 18%.
Assume the rate of tax being 50% . Determine the EPS for all the three financing
alternatives.
Rs. in lacs
EBIT 1,120
PBT 320
Fixed Cost 700
Calculate the percentage change in earnings per share if the sales increased by 5%.
11. Raman Pvt Ltd is considering an investment proposal involving an initial cash
outlay of R.45 lacs. The proposal has an expected life of 7 years and zero salvage
value. At a required rate of 12 precent, the proposal has a Profitability Index of
1.182. Calculate the annual cash flows.
12. Raman Pvt Ltd, assume pays a income tax at 50 percent rate, compute the AFTER
TAX cost of capital in the following cases :
(a) A 8.5 percent Preference share sold at par.
(b) A perpetual bond sold at par, coupon rate of interest being 7 percent.
(c) A ten year, 8 percent, Rs.1,000 par bond sold at Rs.950 less 4 percent
underwriting commission.
(d) A preference share sold at Rs.100 with a 9 percent dividend and a redemption
price of Rs.110, if the company redeems it in 5 years.
(e) An ordinary share selling at a current market price of Rs.120 and paying a
current dividend of Rs.9 per share, which is expected to grow at the rate of 8
percent.
(f) An ordinary share of a company which engages no external financing, is selling
for Rs.50 . The earnings per share are Rs.7.50 of which sixty percent is paid in
dividends. The company invests the retained earning at a rate of 10 per cent.
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