a. Calculate Big Door's WACC. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) WACC b. Calculate Big Door's unlevered beta, using the following formula: (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Pleveret Pdebtx (1–Tc)×D/E 1+(1-Tc)xD/E Bu = Unlevered beta c. If Big Door was 50% debt-financed, what would be its WACC? Assume that the beta of its debt is unchanged by the capital structure change. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
a. Calculate Big Door's WACC. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) WACC b. Calculate Big Door's unlevered beta, using the following formula: (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Pleveret Pdebtx (1–Tc)×D/E 1+(1-Tc)xD/E Bu = Unlevered beta c. If Big Door was 50% debt-financed, what would be its WACC? Assume that the beta of its debt is unchanged by the capital structure change. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
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![Big Door Company has 8.7 million shares outstanding, which are currently trading for about $13 per share and have a levered equity
beta of 1.2. Big Door has 19,900 outstanding bonds, with a 4% coupon rate, payable semi-annually and due in 10 years. The bonds are
rated BBB. Currently the credit spread for BBB is 178 basis points over equivalent-maturity Government of Canada debt. The current
yield on 10-year Canada bonds is 5%, compounded semi-annually. The risk-free interest rate is 2%, and the market risk premium is
6.6%. The company has a 35% tax rate. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
a. Calculate Big Door's WACC. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
WACC
b. Calculate Big Door's unlevered beta, using the following formula: (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Pleveret Pdebtx (1–Tc)×D/E
BU
1+(1–Tc)×D/E
es
Unlevered beta
c. If Big Door was 50% debt-financed, what would be its WACC? Assume that the beta of its debt is unchanged by the capital structure
change. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
WACC](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F2989d983-0412-469f-a001-1f870eaa7a95%2Fef5846b8-593a-43db-8ab7-fe6442aad8fe%2Fv2ankq_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Big Door Company has 8.7 million shares outstanding, which are currently trading for about $13 per share and have a levered equity
beta of 1.2. Big Door has 19,900 outstanding bonds, with a 4% coupon rate, payable semi-annually and due in 10 years. The bonds are
rated BBB. Currently the credit spread for BBB is 178 basis points over equivalent-maturity Government of Canada debt. The current
yield on 10-year Canada bonds is 5%, compounded semi-annually. The risk-free interest rate is 2%, and the market risk premium is
6.6%. The company has a 35% tax rate. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
a. Calculate Big Door's WACC. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
WACC
b. Calculate Big Door's unlevered beta, using the following formula: (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Pleveret Pdebtx (1–Tc)×D/E
BU
1+(1–Tc)×D/E
es
Unlevered beta
c. If Big Door was 50% debt-financed, what would be its WACC? Assume that the beta of its debt is unchanged by the capital structure
change. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
WACC
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