1 (a) 5.00% 4.90% 5.10% Use YTM = (Face Value / Bond Price)^(1/T) ‐ 1 1 (b) 4.90% 4.80% 5.00% Use Bond Valuation Formula 1 (c ) Option B 1 (d) 12.53 12.50 12.60 AI = Semi‐annual coupon * (Days since last payment / Days in current coupon period) 1 (e ) Option C
2 (a) 795.13 794.00 796.00 PV of Interim DPS + PV of Terminal DPS 2 (b) 10.50 10.40 10.60 = Intrinsic Value at the end of year 3 / Earnings per share at the end of year 3 2 (c ) 461.80 460.00 463.00 = Intrinsic Value – (EPS / Cost of Equity) 2 (d) 7.17% 7.10% 7.30% Reqd. Terminal Value = 1 / (1 + Ke)^3 * DPS3 * (1 + g) / (Ke ‐ g). Solve for g. 2 (e ) Option C
3 (a) 0.88 0.85 0.90 Use Levered Beta = Unlevered Beta *(1 + D/E*(1 ‐ Tax rate)) 3 (b) 8.42% 8.40% 8.45% Use CAPM 3 (c ) 3.50% 3.45% 3.55% Pre‐tax Cost of Debt = Risk‐free rate + Credit risk premium. Compute after‐tax Cost of Debt. 3 (d) 7.78% 7.70% 7.90% Use WACC formula. 3 (e ) Option C
4 (a) 1134.20 1133 1135 Use Bond Valuation formula 4 (b) 100.00 100 100 Use Constant Dividend Growth model 4 (c ) 40.00% 40.00% 40.00% 4 (d) 12.31% 12.25% 12.35% Use WACC formula. 4 (e ) Option A
5 (a) 0.22 0.21 0.23 5 (b) 0.47 0.46 0.48 5 (c ) 0.52 0.51 0.53 5 (d) Option B 5 (e ) Option D
6 (a) 27.00% 26.50% 27.50% Use risk‐return relationship for any portfolio on Capital Allocation Line 6 (b) 2.00 2.00 2.00 Use CAPM 6 (c ) 10.65% 10.60% 10.70% Use definition of beta 6 (d) 0.33 0.33 0.34 Use definition of Sharpe Ratio 6 (e ) Option D
7 (i) TRUE 7 (ii) FALSE Accrued Interest should be INR 100 7 (iii) FALSE Security would be underpriced 7 (iv) TRUE 7 (v) FALSE ZCB bears interest rate risk 7 (vi) FALSE Decision depends on investor risk appetite 7 (vii) FALSE True only for companies with no growth opportunity and 100% dividend payout 7 (viii) TRUE 7 (ix) FALSE Diversification can increase expected return of a portfolio for same level of total risk 7 (x) FALSE In CAPM world, investors get compensated for bearing systematic risk, not total risk