Milton Inc. is an all-equity firm and investors expect it to remain an all-equity firm in the future. It has 100 million shares outstanding and is subject to a 40% corporate tax rate. It has no excess cash. The cost of equity is 20%. The firm is expected to generate free cash flows of $100 million per year forever, with the first free cash flow coming exactly one year from now (in December 2020). (a) What is the current stock price of Milton Inc.? Suppose that today, Milton Inc. makes a surprise announcement that it will issue $200 million worth of perpetual debt (i.e., it will maintain a constant debt level of $200 million forever) with coupon rate 8%, which coincides with its cost of debt. Milton will use the proceeds from the issuance of debt to repurchase stocks. Assume that the recapitalization will take place very soon, within a few days. (b) What will be the total value of the firm after the recapitalization described above? (c) What will be the total value of equity (i.e., the market value of all outstanding shares) after the recapitalization?
Milton Inc. is an all-equity firm and investors expect it to remain an all-equity firm in the future. It has 100 million shares outstanding and is subject to a 40% corporate tax rate. It has no excess cash. The
(a) What is the current stock price of Milton Inc.?
Suppose that today, Milton Inc. makes a surprise announcement that it will issue $200 million worth of perpetual debt (i.e., it will maintain a constant debt level of $200 million forever) with coupon rate 8%, which coincides with its cost of debt. Milton will use the proceeds from the issuance of debt to repurchase stocks. Assume that the recapitalization will take place very soon, within a few days.
(b) What will be the total value of the firm after the recapitalization described above?
(c) What will be the total value of equity (i.e., the market value of all outstanding shares) after the recapitalization?
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What about the recapitalization part in the question? Does that not effect total equity
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