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Book Value versus Market Value Filer Manufacturing has 7.5 million shares of common stock...

Book Value versus Market Value Filer Manufacturing has 7.5 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $49, and the book value per share is $4. Filer Manufacturing also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $60 million and a 7 percent coupon and sells for 93 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $50 million and a 6.5 percent coupon and sells for 96.5 percent of par. The first issue matures in 10 years, the second in 6 years.

a.What are Filer’s capital structure weights on a book value basis?


b.What are Filer’s capital structure weights on a market value basis?


c.Which are more relevant, the book or market value weights? Why?

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