HNK Worldwide is a taxable corporation. It is currently an all equity firm that has 2,000...
Compton Corporation currently has no debt in its capital structure. As an unlevered firm, its cost of equity is 13 percent. It is considering substituting $8,000 in debt at 6 percent interest. The EBIT for the firm is $5,000 under either scenario, and the tax rate is 35 percent. Unlevered Firm $ 5,000 EBIT Interest EBT Taxes (.35) Net Income Levered Firm $5,000 480 4,520 5,000 1,750 3,250 1,582 2,938 Calculate the cost of equity and the WACC for the...
A firm has a debt-equity ratio of 1.4. The company's outstanding bonds have a 10% coupon (with annual payments), mature in 5 years, and are currently selling for $1,182.62. Its WACC is 8.3 percent and the corporate tax rate 35 percent. a. What is the company's cost of equity capital? b. What is the company's unlevered cost of equity capital?
Cargill, Inc. is currently an all equity firm that has 180,000 shares of stock outstanding with a market price of $50.50 a share. The current cost of equity is 12.6 percent and the tax rate is 25 percent. The firm is considering adding $3.76 million of debt with a coupon rate of 5.5 percent to its capital structure. The debt will be sold at par value. What eis the levered value of the equity? $6,540,000 $6,827,800 $7,142,900 $7,381,470 $6,270,000
FVQ is currently an all equity firm that has 3,000 shares of stock outstanding with a market price of $18 a share. The tax rate is 40 percent. The firm is considering adding $35,000 of debt to its capital structure. The debt will be sold at par value. What is the levered value of the equity? Select one: O a $41,000 b. $68,000 C. $14,000 d. $33,000 e. $54,000
Globex Corp. is an all-equity firm, and it has a beta of 1. It is considering changing its capital structure to 65% equity and 35% debt. The firm’s cost of debt will be 10%, and it will face a tax rate of 25%. What will Globex Corp.’s beta be if it decides to make this change in its capital structure? a)1.40 b)1.47 c)1.26 d)1.54 US Robotics Inc. has a current capital structure of 30% debt and 70% equity. Its current...
Hanover Tech is currently an all equity firm that has 130,000 shares of stock outstanding with a market price of $36 a share. The tax rate is 35 percent. The firm is considering adding $1.5 million of debt. What is the new firm value after adding the debt? A.) 3.705m B.) 4.68m C.) 5.205m D.) 6.18m
Wildhorse Resources Company is currently an all-equity firm with a WACC of 17 percent and a 40 percent marginal tax rate. Wildhorse wants to move to a capital structure with $300 million of debt outstanding at an interest rate of 6 percent and a market value of equity equal to $900 million outstanding. Using M&M Proposition 2 with taxes, Equation 16.5, what is the expected return on equity at the new capital structure? (Round answer to 1 decimal place, e.g....
Cullumber Resources Company is currently an all-equity firm with a WACC of 16 percent and a 40 percent marginal tax rate. Cullumber wants to move to a capital structure with $460 million of debt outstanding at an interest rate of 6 percent and a market value of equity equal to $1,380 million outstanding. Using M&M Proposition 2 with taxes, Equation 16.5, what is the expected return on equity at the new capital structure? (Round answer to 1 decimal place, e.g....
General Forge and Foundry Corporation currently has no debt in its capital structure, but it is considering using some debt and reducing its outstanding equity. The firm’s unlevered beta is 1.25, and its cost of equity is 13.00%. Because the firm has no debt in its capital structure, its weighted average cost of capital (WACC) also equals 13.00%. The risk-free rate of interest ( rRF ) is 3%, and the market risk premium ( RPM ) is 8%. General Forge’s...
The Gulf Power Company currently is an all-equity firm. The value of Gulf Power's equity is $12,000,000 and there are 600,000 shares outstanding. The expected annual EBIT of Gulf Power is $2,400,000. Those earnings are also expected to remain constant into the foreseeable future. Gulf Power is in the 40-percent tax bracket. The Gulf Power Company plans to announce that it will issue $3,000,000 of perpetual bonds and uses the proceeds to repurchase common stock. The bonds will have a...