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Archimedes Levers is financed by a mixture of debt and equity. You have the followinginformation about its cost of capital:rE =__, rD = 12%, rA = __,Beta(E) = 1.5, Beta(D) =__, Beta(A) = __,rf = 10%, rm = 18%, D/V = .5Can you fill in the blanks?

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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).

Archimedes Levers is financed by a mixture of debt and equity. You have the followinginformation about its cost of capital:rE =__, rD = 12%, rA = __,Beta(E) = 1.5, Beta(D) =__, Beta(A) = __,rf = 10%, rm = 18%, D/V = .5Can you fill in the blanks? Suppose now that Archimedes repurchases debt and issuesequity so that D / V = .3. The reduced borrowing causes r D to fall to 11%. How do theother variables change?

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URGENT PLEASE d.  Calculate the​ firm's weighted average cost of capital using the capital structure weights shown in the following​ table . ​ (Round answer to the nearest​ 0.01%)

Scanlon Inc.'s CFO hired you as a consultant to help her estimate the cost of capital. You have been provided with the following data: Risk free rate = 3.7%; The market risk premium is estimated to be 4%; and the company's beta = 0.7. Based on the CAPM approach, the cost of equity from retained earnings is _____ %. Show 2 decimals. E.g. 9.99%

Assume perfect capital markets. A firm has a market value of $30, 000 and debt of $7, 500 horrowed at 7%. The return on equity is 18%. What is the return on equity if the firm was unlevered? (Hint: Think about WACC, WACCL = WACCU)

A)Company Z is a computer manufacturing company that is considering diversifying into financial services. This will require an investment of £100 million and this is to be raised via an equity issue. Given the following information, calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) making sure that you clearly state any assumptions made: Dividend per share, d0 = 10p.The market price per share, PE = 108p cumulative div.Earnings per share, eps = 15p.Book Value of Capital Employed = £8,400,000.There are 28 million shares in issue.£30m. 17% irredeemable debt currently quoted at £120 ex int. 800,000, 8% redeemable debentures which are redeemablein 4 years’ time and have a current market price of £82.50 ex int. £5m. 7-year term loan at 5% over base.Bank base rate = 11%.Corporation tax = 30%.   B)What assumptions lie behind the use of the WACC as a discount rate in investment appraisal. C)In light of the above assumptions and the answer to part (a), is it safe for Company Z to use the…

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Capital Assets Pricing Model (CAPM) (20 points) 4. You have landed an interview with Gold & Silver Bank, and they are asking you to calculate the expected return on a series of assets they are evaluating. They provide the data below and have sent you a few additional questions. Risk-free rate 5.26% Stock Expected Return Betas ALMM 45.32% 9.2 AIR 34.10% 5.1 BLUE 61.20% 3.7 87.20% 4.5 MON Given the expected return on an asset, E(Ri), is equal to the risk-free rate, Rf, plus the risk premium. - E(R)=R₂+ [E(RM) – Rƒ] × Bi What is each stock's expected return, E(Ri)? Provide the result as x.xx%.

Case 2: Cost of capital. a. Bellevue is a hotel company. It currently has a total enterprise value of 500, debt outstanding for 200, an which it pays cost of debt equal to 5%. You have also estimated that its beta of equity is 0.8, and the company faces a corporate tax of 25%. The risk-free rate you observe in the market is 3%, and you estimate the equity risk premium to be 6% What is Bellevue Warc? b. Suppose that Bellevue ints to expand its activity by taking over a restaurant company. You find three compa in the restaurant industry (Eatout, Goodfood and Dinein) that are listed in a stock exchange, so that you can gather relevant financial information. Bellevue is planning to fund the acquisition with the same capital structure of its main hotel business (ie =40%). Assuming that the corporate tax is 25%, the risk free rate is 3% and the equity risk premium is 6%, calculate the WACC that Bellevue should use for analyzing its planned investment in the restaurant industry.…

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What is the company’s cost of capital? 1. CAPM = rrf + (rm – rrf)B = required rate of return on equityr rf = risk-free rate of return = 10-year Treasury rate = 3% S&P market premium (in parenthesis) is the extra return to cover risk offered in the stock market = 5%. B = Beta of company = 1.2   2. WACC = wdrd(1-t) + were = weighted average cost of capitalWeights of debt and equity: Given debt ratio, that is, debt to total assets = 28%. Cost of debt is bond rating at high end of A average = 6%. Tax rate given 40%.

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Case 2: Cost of capital. a. Bellevue is a hotel company. It currently has a total enterprise value of 500, debt outstanding for 200, on which it pays cost of debt equal to 5%. You have also estimated that its beta of equity is 0.8, and the company faces a corporate tax of 25%. The risk-free rate you observe in the market is 3%, and you estimate the equity risk premium to be 6%. What is Bellevue Wacc? b. Suppose that Bellevue wants to expand its activity by taking over a restaurant company. You find three companies in the restaurant industry (Eatout, Goodfood and Dinein) that are listed in a stock exchange, so that you can gather relevant financial information. Bellevue is planning to fund the acquisition with the same capital structure of its main hotel business (i.e.: D/EV=40%). Assuming that the corporate tax is 25%, the risk free rate is 3% and the equity risk premium is 6%, calculate the WACC that Bellevue should use for analyzing its planned investment in the restaurant industry.…

Steeler Inc.'s CFO hired you as a consultant to help her estimate the cost of capital.  You have been provided with the following data:  risk-free rate (rRF) = 4.15%; market risk premium = 5.00%; and beta = 1.14.  Based on the CAPM approach, what is the cost of equity from retained earnings? 9.85% 9.67% 10.60% 10.28% 10.93%

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A. CALCULATE the cost of equity capital of H Ltd., whose risk-free rate of return equals 10%. The firm's beta equals 1.75 and the return on the market portfolio equals to 15%. B. The current ratio of H Ltd is 5:1 and standard current ratio given by accounting bodies is 2:1? Do you think that H Ltd should try to reduce its current ratio?

Here are data on two companies. The T-bill rate is 4% and the market risk premium is 6%. Company $1 Discount Store Everything $5 Forecasted return 12% 11% Standard deviation of returns 8% 10% Beta 1.5 1.0 What would be the fair return for each company according to the capital asset pricing model (CAPM)?

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.

Calculation of individual costs and WACC BlackRock, Inc. (BLK) has a capital structure that consists of common stock equity and debt. The market capitalization of its equity is $76.644 billion and its debt has a market value of $6.797 billion. a. Calculate the market value weights for BLK's capital structure. b. Calculate BLK's cost of equity using a beta of 1.26, a risk-free rate of 0.78%, and a market risk premium of 6.70%. c. Calculate BLK's cost of debt using a bond price of $1,067.77, semi-annual coupon payment of $28.75, and 5 years to maturity. d. Calculate BLK's current WACC using a 21% corporate tax rate. a. The market value weight of long-term debt in BLK's capital structure is %. (Round to two decimal places.)

Suppose that AXA currently has no debt and has an equity cost of capital of 12%. AXA is considering borrowing funds at a cost of 6% and using these funds to repurchase existing shares of stock. Assume perfect capital markets. If AXA borrows until it achieved a debt‐to‐equity ratio of 1/2, then AXAʹs levered cost of equity would be closest to:   A. 18.0%   B. 6.0%   C. 15.0%    D. 10.0%

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