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Mercer Inc. has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40. The required return on the company’s unlevered equity is 12%, and the pretax cost of the firm’s debt is 8%. Sales revenue for the company is expected to remain stable indefinitely at last year’s level of $

Mercer Inc. has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40. The required return on the company’s unlevered equity is 12%, and the pretax cost of the firm’s debt is 8%. Sales revenue for the company is expected to remain stable indefinitely at last year’s level of $18,000,000+$100,000. Variable costs (including SG & A expenses) are 65 percent of sales. The corporate tax rate is 26%+(1%). The company distributes all its earnings as dividends at the end of each year. 

a. If the company were financed entirely by equity, how much would it be worth? 

b. What is the required return on the company’s levered equity?

 c. Use the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) approach to calculate the value of the company. What is the value of the company’s equity? What is the value of the company’s debt? 

d. Use the flow to equity (FTE) approach to calculate the value of the company’s equity (Hint: use the value of debt calculated in part c to calculate interest expense).

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