Thursday 20 December 2018

The Drogon Co. just issued a dividend of $3.30 per share on its common stock. The company is expected to maintain a constant 6.8 percent growth rate in its dividends indefinitely. If the stock sells for $66 a share, what is the company’s cost of equity?

The Drogon Co. just issued a dividend of $3.30 per share on its common stock. The company is expected to maintain a constant 6.8 percent growth rate in its dividends indefinitely.

If the stock sells for $66 a share, what is the company’s cost of equity?




Chocolaterie de Geneve, SA, is located in a French-speaking canton in Switzerland. The company makes chocolate truffles that are sold in popular embossed tins. The company has two processing departments—Cooking and Molding. In the Cooking Department, the raw ingredients for the truffles are mixed and then cooked in special candy-making vats. In the Molding Department, the melted chocolate and other ingredients from the Cooking Department are carefully poured into molds and decorative flourishes are applied by hand. After cooling, the truffles are packed for sale. The company uses a process costing system. The T-accounts below show the flow of costs through the two departments in April:

Work in Process—Cooking
Balance 4/18,000Transferred out160,000
Direct materials42,000
Direct labor50,000
Overhead75,000
Work in Process—Molding
Balance 4/14,000Transferred out240,000
Transferred in160,000
Direct labor36,000
Overhead45,000

Required:


Prepare journal entries showing the flow of costs through the two processing departments during April.


Klumper Corporation is a diversified manufacturer of industrial goods. The company’s activity-based costing system contains the following six activity cost pools and activity rates:

Klumper Corporation is a diversified manufacturer of industrial goods. The company’s activity-based costing system contains the following six activity cost pools and activity rates:

Activity Cost PoolActivity Rates
Supporting direct labor$6per direct labor-hour
Machine processing$4per machine-hour
Machine setups$50per setup
Production orders$90per order
Shipments$14per shipment
Product sustaining$840per product


Activity data have been supplied for the following two products:

Total Expected Activity
K425M67
Number of units produced per year2002,000
Direct labor-hours80500
Machine-hours1001,500
Machine setups14
Production orders14
Shipments110
Product sustaining11


Required:
How much total overhead cost would be assigned to K425 and M67 using the activity-based costing system?


Explanation