Bramble Corporation wholesaler of gourmet food products. Data regarding the store's operations follow:Sales are budgeted at $340,000 for November, $320,000 for December, and $310,000 for January. Collections are expected to be 80% in the month of sale and 20% in the month following the sale. The cost of goods sold is 75% of sales. The company would like to maintain ending merchandise inventories equal to 60% October 31 Assets Cash $ 20,000 Accounts receivable 70,000Merchandise inventory 153,000

Property, plant and equipment, net of $572,000

accumulated depreciation 1,094,000

Total assets $ 1,337,000

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Accounts payable $ 254,000

Common stock 820,000

Retained earnings 263,000

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 1,337,000

The cost of December merchandise purchases would be: Multiple Choice

a. $240,000

b. $255,000

c. $139,500

d. $235,500

Granby foods' (gf) balance sheet shows a total of $25 million long-term debt with a coupon rate of 8.50%. the yield to maturity on this debt is 8.00%, and the debt has a total current market value of $27 million. the company has 10 million shares of stock, and the stock has a book value per share of $5.00. the current stock price is $20.00 per share, and stockholders' required rate of return, r s, is 12.25%. the company recently decided that its target capital structure should have 35% debt, with the balance being common equity. the tax rate is 40%. calculate waccs based on book, market, and target capital structures. what is the sum of these three waccs?

The cutting department of cassel company has the following production and cost data for july. production costs 1. transferred out 12,300 units. beginning work in process $0 2. started 3,900 units that are 60% materials 62,856 complete as to conversion labor 12,622 costs and 100% complete as manufacturing overhead 23,100 to materials at july 31. materials are entered at the beginning of the process. conversion costs are incurred uniformly during the process. determine the equivalent units of production for (1) materials and (2) conversion costs. materials conversion costs total equivalent units of production link to text link to text compute unit costs. (round unit costs to 2 decimal places, e.g. 2.25.) materials $ conversion costs $ link to text link to text prepare a cost reconciliation schedule. (round unit costs to 2 decimal places, e.g. 2.25 and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 1,225.) cost reconciliation costs accounted for transferred out $ work in process, july 31 materials $ conversion costs total costs $

Aggart technologies is considering issuing new common stock and using the proceeds to reduce its outstanding debt. the stock issue would have no effect on total assets, the interest rate taggart pays, ebit, or the tax rate. which of the following is likely to occur if the company goes ahead with the stock issue? a. the roa will decline.b. taxable income will decline.c. the tax bill will increase.d. net income will decrease.e. the times-interest-earned ratio will decrease