The Club Auto Parts Company has just recently been organized. It is expected to experience no growth for the next 2 years as it identifies its market and acquires its inventory. However, Club will grow at an annual rate of 5% in the third year and, beginning with the fourth year, should attain a 10% growth rate that it will sustain thereafter. The first dividend (D1) to be paid at the end of the first year is expected to be $0.50 per share. Investors require a 15% rate of return on Club's stock. What is the current equilibrium stock price?a. $5.00b. $8.75c. $9.57d. $12.43e. $15.00

Roi analysis using dupont model. charlie? s furniture store has been in business for several years. the firm? s owners have described the store as a ? high-price, highservice? operation that provides lots of assistance to its customers. margin has averaged a relatively high 32% per year for several years, but turnover has been a relatively low 0.4 based on average total assets of $800,000. a discount furniture store is about to open in the area served by charlie? s, and management is considering lowering prices in order to compete effectively. required: a. calculate current sales and roi for charlie? s furniture store. b. assuming that the new strategy would reduce margin to 20%, and assuming that average total assets would stay the same, calculate the sales that would be required to have the same roi as they currently earned. c. suppose that you presented the results of your analysis in parts a and b of this problem to charlie, and he replied, ? what

Why is efficiency an important economic goal?

Increases in output and increases in the inflation rate have been linked to