Corporate Finance Plus MyLab Finance with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (4th Edition) (Berk, DeMarzo & Harford, The Corporate Finance Series)
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Chapter 17, Problem 6P
KMS Corporation has assets with a market value of $500 million, $50 million of which are cash. It has debt of $200 million, and 10 million shares outstanding. Assume perfect capital markets.
- a. What is its current stock price?
- b. If KMS distributes $50 million as a dividend, what will its share price be after the dividend is paid?
- c. If instead, KMS distributes $50 million as a share repurchase, what will its share price be once the shares are repurchased?
- d. What will its new market debt-equity ratio be after either transaction?
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