Quiz 5

6. Company cost of capital (S9.2) Nero Violins has the following capital structure: Total Market Value ($ millions) $100 Security Debt Preferred stock Common stock Beta 0 0.20 1.20 40 299 a. What is the firm's asset beta? (Hint: What is the beta of a portfolio of all the firm's securities?) b. Assume that the CAPM is correct. What discount rate should Nero set for investments that expand the scale of its operations without changing its asset beta? Assume a risk-free interest rate of 5% and a market risk premium of 6%. Ignore taxes.

The cost of raising capital through retained eamings is the cost of raising capital through issuing new common stock. The cost of equity using the CAPM approach The current risk-free rate of return (rRF) is 4.23 % , while the market risk premium is 6.63 %. the D'Amico Company has a beta of 0.78. Using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) approach, D'Amico's cost of equity is The cost of equity using the bond yield plus risk premium approach The Hoover Company is closely held and, therefore, cannot generate reliable inputs with which to use the CAPM method for estimating a company's cost of internal equity. Hoover's bonds yield 11.52%, and the fim's analysts estimate that the firm's risk premium on its stock over its bonds is 3.55 %. Based on the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach, Hoover's cost of internal equity is: 18.08% 14.32% 15.07% 18.84% The cost of equity using the discounted cashflow (or dividend growth) approach Kirby Enterprises's stock is currently selling for $32.45…

Assume there are two firms with a MV of $50,000,000. Firm A consists of 10% debt and 90% equity. Firm B consists of 40% debt and 60% equity. Assume perfect capital markets and M&M Proposition 2 holds. Which firm will have a higher expected return for equity holders? Why? For the toolhar prace ALT+F10/PC or ALT+FN+F10 (Mac).

Assume a firm is financed with $7500 debt and $2500 equity.  The beta of the equity is 1.1.  The risk-free rate is 3%, and the equity premium is 6%.  If the overall cost of capital of the firm is 8%, what is the beta of the firmʹs debt? Group of answer choices 0.28 0.14 0.92                                                             0.74

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Based on the information from Question 42 ~ 44, what would be the company’s new cost of equity if it were to change its capital structure to 50% debt and 50% equity (D/S =1.0) using the CAPM?     13.8%     15.6%     16.8%     18.5%

Part II: Problem solving (30 points): A firm has determined its optimal capital structure, which is composed of the following sources and target market value proportions: Source of Capital Long-term debt Preferred stock Common stock equity Target Market Proportions 30% 5 65 Debt: The firm can sell a 20-year, $1,000 par value, 9 percent bond for $980. A flotation cost of 2 percent of the face value would be required. Preferred Stock: The firm has determined it can issue preferred stock at $65 per share par value. The stock will pay an $8.00 annual dividend. The cost of issuing and selling the stock is $3 per share. Common Stock: The firm's common stock is currently selling for $40 per share. The dividend expected to be paid at the end of the coming year is $5.07. Its dividend payments have been growing at a constant rate for the last five years. Five years ago, the dividend was $3.45. It is expected that to sell, a new common stock issue must be underpriced at $1 per share and the firm…

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The cost of raising capital through retained earnings is    the cost of raising capital through issuing new common stock.   The cost of equity using the CAPM approach The current risk-free rate of return (rRFrRF) is 4.67% while the market risk premium is 5.75%. The Jefferson Company has a beta of 0.78. Using the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) approach, Jefferson’s cost of equity is     .   The cost of equity using the bond yield plus risk premium approach The Jackson Company is closely held and, therefore, cannot generate reliable inputs with which to use the CAPM method for estimating a company’s cost of internal equity. Jackson’s bonds yield 11.52%, and the firm’s analysts estimate that the firm’s risk premium on its stock over its bonds is 3.55%. Based on the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach, Jackson’s cost of internal equity is: 18.84%   18.08%   15.07%   14.32%

The cost of equity using the CAPM approach The current risk-free rate of return (rRF) is 3.86%, while the market risk premium is 6.63%. the Monroe Company has a beta of 0.92. Using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) approach, Monroe's cost of equity is

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A company needed ghc 1000 to finance its activities. The firm can financed this expenditure either by bonds or equity. Interest rate on bonds is 10%. The company can earn ghc 160 in good years and ghc80 in bad years. Assuming the firm faces equal probability of good and bad years; i What will be the stream of returns on both bonds and equity if the company chooses the following financing options a 100% equity financing b 50% equity financing c 20% equity financing d 0% equity financing ii Estimate the equity risk associated with each option in (i) iii As an investor who wants to purchase a share in the company, which financing option will make you purchase the stock. Why????

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The cost of raising capital through retained earnings is the cost of raising capital through issuing new common stock. The cost of equity using the CAPM approach The current risk-free rate of return (rRFrRF) is 3.86% while the market risk premium is 6.17%. The Burris Company has a beta of 0.92. Using the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) approach, Burris's cost of equity is The cost of equity using the bond yield plus risk premium approach The Taylor Company is closely held and, therefore, cannot generate reliable inputs with which to use the CAPM method for estimating a company's cost of internal equity. Taylor's bonds yield 11.52%, and the firm's analysts estimate that the firm's risk premium on its stock over its bonds is 4.95%. Based on the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach, Taylor's cost of internal equity is: 16.47% 19.76% 18.12% 15.65% The cost of eguity usina the discOunted.cash flow for dividend.aroutb) approach

Eaton Electronic Company's treasurer uses both the capital asset pricing model and the dividend valuation model to compute the cost of common equity (also referred to as the required rate of return for common equity). Assume: Rf Km = 8% = 6% = В D₁ = $0.60 Po = $20 8 = 5% = 1.8 a. Compute K; (required rate of return on common equity based on the capital asset pricing model). Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Ki 0.10% b. Compute Ke (required rate of return on common equity based on the dividend valuation model). Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Ke %

options A)3.8%     B)20.9%   C)5.1%   D)6.8%

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The beta of an all-equity firm is 1.2. If the firm changes its capital structure to 50% debt and 50% equity using 8% debt financing, what will be the beta of the levered firm? The beta of debt is 0.2. (Assume no taxes.) a. None of the above b. 2.2 c. 1.2 d. 2.4

Please answer this question: Firm L has debt with a market value of $200,000 and a yield of 9%. The firm's equity has a market value of $300,000, its earnings are growing at a rate of 5%, and its tax rate is 40%. A similar firm with no debt has a cost of equity of 12%. Under the MM extension with growth, what is Firm L's cost of equity? Question 4 options: 1) 11.4% 2) 12.0% 3) 12.6% 4) 13.3% 5) 14.0%

Given the following, determine the firm’s optimal capital structure:   Debt/Assets After-Tax Cost of Debt Cost of Equity 0 % 6 % 10 % 10   6   10   20   6   10   30   8   11   40   8   12   50   10   12   60   12   14     Round your answers for capital structure to the nearest whole number and for the cost of capital to one decimal place. The optimal capital structure:   % debt and   % equity with a cost of capital of   % If the firm were using 50 percent debt and 50 percent equity, what would that tell you about the firm’s use of financial leverage? Round your answer for the cost of capital to one decimal place. If the firm uses 50% debt financing, it would be using  financial leverage. At that combination the cost of capital is   %. The firm could lower the cost of capital by substituting  . What two reasons explain why debt is cheaper than equity? Debt is cheaper than equity because interest expense  . In addition, equity investors bear  risk. If the firm were…

5. Given an optimal capital structure that is 50% debt and 50% common stock, calculate the weighted average cost of capital for Stone Corp given the following additional information: Bond coupon rate Bond yield to maturity Dividend, expected Price, common Growth rate Corporate tax rate. A. less than 9.5%. B. more than 9.5% and less than 10.25%. C. more than 10.25% and less than 11%. D. more than 11%. 14% 10% $5 $100 8% 30%

Calculate the cost of equity capital using CAPM if the risk - free rate of interest is 4 per cent, the return on the market portfolio is 8 per cent, the beta of the firm's assets is .8 and the and beta of equity is 1.2. Provide your answer as a percentage to two decimal places (15.32% should be entered as 15.32). Do not enter the % sign