Assuming that there is an unlevered firm and a levered firm. The basic information is given by the following table.   Table1: Information of the firms   Unlevered firm Levered firm EBIT 20000 20000 Interest     Taxable income     Tax (tax rate: 34%)     Net income     CFFA       Assuming that: The size of the debt is 8000; cost of debt =8%; unlevered cost of capital =10%; systematic risk of the asset is 1.5 Fill in the blanks

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Assuming that there is an unlevered firm and a levered firm. The basic information is given by the following table.

 

Table1: Information of the firms

 

Unlevered firm

Levered firm

EBIT

20000

20000

Interest

 

 

Taxable income

 

 

Tax (tax rate: 34%)

 

 

Net income

 

 

CFFA

 

 

 

Assuming that: The size of the debt is 8000; cost of debt =8%; unlevered cost of capital =10%; systematic risk of the asset is 1.5

  1. Fill in the blanks
  2. What is the present value of the tax shield?
  3. Calculate the following values:
    a) Calculate value of unlevered firm; b) value of the levered firm; c) equity value; d) Cost of equity; e) cost of capital; f) systematic risk of the equity
  4. Suppose that the firm changes its capital structure so that the debt-to-equity ratio is 1.6, then recalculate the systematic risk of the equity
  5. If the firm now has the following project: in year 0, the cashflow is 5000, in year 1, the cashflow is -5500. Based on the IRR rule, will this project be accepted?

 

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