Question

Terlingua Energy Resources is a privately held, all equity firm. Managers at Terlingua need to estimate equity beta for their common stock. Here is data on four competitors. The four companies are publicly traded, all equity firms.

Company	Beta	Book value of equity ($ million)	Share price ($)	Shares outstanding (millions)
Hallibuddy Co.	1.15	500	58.03	40
Schlumbertime Ltd.	1.30	1,000	58.93	30
Felix Energy Inc.	1.50	750	91.92	25
Suferior Energy Co.	1.75	2,000	66.91	20

Estimate the Terlingua’s equity beta using the best procedure described in the lecture.

Do not round at intermediate steps in your calculation. Express your answer in decimal form. Round to two decimal places.

Answer 1

equity beta is 1.39
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Statement showing Computations
Company	Share price ($)	Shares outstanding (millions)	Value in millions	Weight	Beta	Weighted Beta
Hallibuddy Co.	58.03	40.00	2,321.20	0.300467	1.15	0.3455
Schlumbertime Ltd.	58.93	30.00	1,767.90	0.228845	1.30	0.2975
Felix Energy Inc.	91.92	25.00	2,298.00	0.297464	1.50	0.4462
Suferior Energy Co.	66.91	20.00	1,338.20	0.173223	1.75	0.3031
			7,725.30	1.000000		1.3924