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The Gifford Investment Company bought 90 Cable Corporation warrants one year ago and would like to exercise them today. The warrants were purchased at \(25 each and expire when trading ends today. (Assume there is no speculative premium left.) Cable Corporation common stock was selling for \)49 per share when Gifford Investment Company bought the warrants. The exercise price is \(41, and each warrant entitles the holder to purchase two shares of stock, each at the exercise price.

  1. What was the intrinsic value of a warrant at that time?
  2. What was the speculative premium per warrant when the warrants were purchased? The purchase price, as indicated earlier, was \)25.
  3. What would Gifford’s total dollar profit or loss have been had it invested the \(2,250 directly in Cable Corporation’s common stock one year ago at \)49 per share? Cable Corporation common stock is selling today for \(59 per share.
  4. What would the percentage rate of return be on this common stock investment? Compare this to the rate of return on the warrant computed when the common stock was selling for \)59 per share.

Short Answer

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  1. Intrinsic value is $16
  2. Speculative premium per warrant is $9
  3. Profit is $460
  4. Rate of return is44% and 20.44%

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01

Meaning of Common Stock

The sort of stock most people invest in is a common stock, which represents a portion of proprietorship in a business. The common stock also comes with voting rights in expanding the potential for dividends and capital growth. A company's balance sheet in bookkeeping contains details on its common shares.

02

(a) Computing the intrinsic value of a warrant at that time.

Intrinsicvalue=(Stockprice-Exerciseprice)×Shares=($49-$41)×2=$16

03

(b) Computing the speculative premium per warrant

Speculativepremiumperwarrant=Purchaseprice-Intrinsicvalue=$25-$16=$9

04

(c) Computing total dollar profit or loss

Computing value of shares

Shares=InvestmentPershare=$2,250$49=46

Computing total dollar profit or loss

Totaldollarprofitorloss=Shares×(Todayrate- Previouscommonstockrate)=$46×($59-$49)=$460

05

(d) Computing the percentage rate of return on the common stock investment and comparing them

Calculation of Intrinsic value of warrant

The market value of the common stock

$59

Less: The exercise price of the warrant

$41

A

18

No. of shares each warrant entitles the holder to purchase B

2

The intrinsic value of a warrant

$36

Calculation of proceeds from the sale

Proceedsfromsale=Intrinsicvalue×Warrants=$36×90=$3,240

Calculation of Purchase price

Purchaseprice=Warrants×Price=90×$25=$2,250



Calculation of profit

Profit=Proceedsfromsale-Purchaseprice=$3,240-$2,250=$990

Calculation of return

Return=ProfitPurchase price=$990$2,250=44.00%

Return=ProfitPurchase price=$460$2,250=20.44%

The rate of return of the warrant while the selling price is $59 is less than the 44.00% return on the warrant.

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