ETA is an all-equity firm with 50 million shares outstanding. It has $200 million in cash and expects future free cash flows of $80 million per year (with the next cash flow occurring in exactly one year's time). The Board of ETA can either use all excess cash to repurchase shares or for expansion. Suppose that ETA is able to invest the $200 million excess cash into a project that will increase the future free cash flows by 30% in year 1 (and cash flows stay constant at that level after year 1). This investment will not alter the risk of the business. ETA's cost of capital is 10% and assume that capital markets are perfect. If you were advising the board, what course of action would you recommend? Should ETA use the $200 million to expand or repurchase shares? Required: (a) Firm value with expansion is $ million. Note: Please provide your answer as an integer in million in the format of xxxx (for example, if the answer is $1,234.5 million, type in 1235). (b) If the board decides to pursue the expansion, the stock price is $ Note: Please provide your answer with two decimal points in the format of xx.xx (for example, if the answer is $12.345, type in 12.35). (c) If the board decides to use the excess cash for repurchase, the stock price is $ Note: Please provide your answer with two decimal points in the format of xx.xx (for example, if the answer is $12.345, type in 12.35). (d) Assume instead that the future free cash flows increase by g% in year 1 (and cash flows stay constant at that level after year 1). When this growth rate (g%) is lower than %***, the Board should decide to repurchase, because Select alternative ***Note: Please provid Select alternative answer is 12.345%, ty the expansion destroys shareholder value. the expansion creates shareholder value. ints in the format of xx.xx (for example, if the

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The firm is considering increasing its debt by $900,000, using the proceeds to buy back 90,000 shares of stock. what does buy back mean?

Company A is currently all-equity financed with 100 million shares. The EBIT will be 30 million in year1 and growing at 3% per year forever. The company always has a 40% corporate tax. The investorsdiscount cash flows from similar projects at 18% per year.Now, the company takes a 50-million loan to make distributions to the shareholders. The interest rateon the loan is 5%. There will be no principal repayments made until the loan is paid back in full in year5. Due to financial distress, 30% of Company A’s EBITs will be lost while it carries the 50-million debt.Capital gain tax is zero and dividend tax is 25%.a. If Company A announces that it will use the 50 million to repurchase shares, what will be the priceright after the share repurchase? What is the price right after the announcement?b. If Company A announces that it will use the 50 million to make a one-time dividend payout, what willbe the price right after the dividend payout? What is the price right after the announcement?

Suppose you have just become the president of J&J and the first decision you face is whether Co go ahead with a plan to renovate the company's Al systems. The plan will cost the company $60 million, and it is expected to save $15 million per year after taxes over the next five years. The firm sources of funds and corresponding required rates of return are as follow: $5 million common stock at 16%, $800,000 preferred stock at 12%, $6 million debt at 7%. All amounts are listed at market values and the firm's tax rate is 30%. You are the financial manager and supposed to calculate the NPV. What's the NPV? Do you recommend taking the project? ง = O NPV $5.167 Millions; I'll recommend the owners to take the project. O NPV=-$1.720 Millions; I'll tell the owners not to take the project. NPV = $4.562 Millions; I'll tell the owners not to take the project. O NPV=-$8.098 Millions; I'll tell the owners not to take the project.

GBATT has a capital need of $100 million to fund its operations.  GBATT has an equity investor that has made an investment in the common stock of GBATT for 60% of this amount but there is the anticipation is that they will earn a 15% return on this investment through capital returns and dividends.  This level of anticipated return takes into account the anticipated risk in the investment.  With this amount of capital support, GBATT was able to find a lender who will provide the balance of the capital needed at an interest rate of 10% with such debt to be paid out over 10 years.  Such lender will require GBATT to fully collateralize its buildings in support of its bond payments.   What is the cost of capital in this example?

Google has 15 million shares outstanding with a current market price of $2 per share. Google announces an investment in a project where the initial investment in year 0 is $5 million and the cash inflow for the next five years will be $3 million, after which the investment will generate no cash flows. Google’s discount rate for this project is 8%. What is the dollar increase in Google’s share price due to the undertaking this investment?

Mokoko Ltd. is considering a number projects and thus need to estimate its cost of capital in order to estimate their NPV.  The company’s current dividend is $2.25 per share, which has grown steadily at 6% each year for over a decade and is expected to continue doing so.  Its stock currently trades at $26 and there are 2 million shares outstanding.  The company’s 100,000 preferred shares trade at $22 and pay annual dividends of $3.  Cash and marketable securities on the company’s balance sheet total $30.5 million and the firm pays a tax rate of 30%.  Their existing long-term debt (face value of $100 million, semi-annual payments) pays a 9.5% coupon and has 12 years remaining before maturity.  Due to current conditions, the required rate of return (yield to maturity) on this debt is 11% and any new debt issuance would be required to offer the same yield to investors (there is no term premium for 1 year vs 12 year debt). What is Mokoko Ltd's Debt/Equity ratio? Assuming the firm wants to…

You are making a proposal to start a corporation that would require invested capital of P9,000,000 but will provide annual earnings of P1,500,000 every year. The capital will be from an 8%- interest, P2,500,000-face value perpetual bonds and the balance from equity requiring a rate of return of 15%. How much is the value of goodwill based on this forecast?