Corporate Finance (4th Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance) - Standalone book
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ISBN: 9780134083278
Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 18, Problem 7P
Acort Industries has 10 million shares outstanding and a current share price of $40 per share. It also has long-term debt outstanding. This debt is risk free, is four years away from maturity, has annual coupons with a coupon rate of 10%, and has a $100 million face value. The first of the remaining coupon payments will be due in exactly one year. The riskless interest rates for all maturities are constant at 6%. Acort has EBIT of $106 million, which is expected to remain constant each year. New capital expenditures are expected to equal
- a. Based on this information, estimate Acort’s WACC.
- b. What is Acort’s equity cost of capital?
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Acort Industries has 10 million shares outstanding and a current share price of $43 per share. It also has long-term debt outstanding. This debt is risk free, is four years away from maturity, has an annual coupon rate of 6%, and has a $111 million face value. The first of the remaining coupon payments
will be due in exactly one year. The riskless interest rates for all maturities are constant at 3.6%. Acort has EBIT of $92 million, which is expected to remain constant each year. New capital expenditures are expected to equal depreciation and equal $20 million per year, while no changes to net working
capital are expected in the future. The corporate tax rate is 26%, and Acort is expected to keep its debt-equity ratio constant in the future (by either issuing additional new debt or buying back some debt as time goes on).
a. Based on this information, estimate Acort's WACC.
b. What is Acort's equity cost of capital?
a. Based on this information, estimate Acort's WACC.
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Acort Industries has
8
million shares outstanding and a current share price of
$43
per share. It also has long-term debt outstanding. This debt is risk free, is four years away from maturity, has an annual coupon rate of
8%,
and has a
$106
million face value. The first of the remaining coupon payments will be due in exactly one year. The riskless interest rates for all maturities are constant at
4.8%.
Acort has EBIT of
$80
million, which is expected to remain constant each year. New capital expenditures are expected to equal depreciation and equal
$14
million per year, while no changes to net working capital are expected in the future. The corporate tax rate is
28%,
and Acort is expected to keep its debt-equity ratio constant in the future (by either issuing additional new debt or buying back some debt as time goes on).
a. Based on this information, estimate Acort's WACC.
b. What is Acort's equity cost of capital?
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A&P Inc., the grocery store chain, has 6 million shares of common stock outstanding which currently trade for $40 per share. The company also has 150,000 bonds each with a face value of $1,000 and annual coupons of $50. The bonds have 6 years to maturity and the next coupon is due in one year. The yield on the bonds is 5%. The company's beta is 1.05, the risk-free rate is 3%, and the expected return on the market is 8%. The tax rate is 35%. What is A&P's WACC? Express your answer in percentage form rounded to two decimal places.
WACC = ?%
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Corporate Finance (4th Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance) - Standalone book
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