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Weighted-Average Cost of Capital; Economic Value Added (EVA) (LO 2)All-Canadian, Ltd. is a...

Weighted-Average Cost of Capital; Economic Value Added (EVA) (LO 2)

All-Canadian, Ltd. is a multiproduct company with three divisions: Pacific Division, Plains Division, and Atlantic Division. The company has two sources of long-term capital: debt and equity. The interest rate on All-Canadian’s $400 million debt is 9 percent, and the company’s tax rate is 30 percent. The cost of All-Canadian’s equity capital is 12 percent. Moreover, the market value of the company’s equity is $600 million. (The book value of All-Canadian’s equity is $430 million, but that amount does not reflect the current value of the company’s assets or the value of intangible assets.)

The following data (in millions) pertain to All-Canadian’s three divisions.

Division

Operating Income

Current Liabilities

Total Assets

Pacific

$14

$6

$ 70

Plains

45

5

300

Atlantic

48

9

480

Required:

1. Compute All-Canadian’s weighted-average cost of capital (WACC).

2. Compute the economic value added (or EVA) for each of the company’s three divisions.

3. What conclusions can you draw from the EVA analysis?.

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