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- Suppose Alcatel-Lucent has an equity cost of capital of 10.3%, market capitalization of $11.20 billion, and an enterprise value of $14 billion. Assume Alcatel-Lucent's debt cost of capital is 6.5%, its marginal tax rate is 32%, the WACC is 9.12%, and it maintains a constant debt-equity ratio. The firm has a project with average risk. Expected free cash flow, debt capacity, and interest payments are shown in the table: a. What is the free cash flow to equity for this project? b. What is its NPV computed using the FTE method? How does it compare with the NPV based on the WACC method? a. What is the free cash flow to equity for this project? The free cash flow to equity for this project is: (Round all answers to two decimal places. Use a minus sign to indicate a negative number.) Year FCFE ($ million) 0 1 2 3Suppose Alcatel-Lucent has an equity cost of capital of 9.1%, market capitalization of $10.36 billion, and an enterprise value of $14 billion. Assume Alcatel-Lucent's debt cost of capital is 5.5%, its marginal tax rate is 34%, the WACC is 7.68%, and it maintains a constant debt-equity ratio. The firm has a project with average risk. Expected free cash flow, debt capacity, and interest payments are shown in the table: a. What is the free cash flow to equity for this project? b. What is its NPV computed using the FTE method? How does it compare with the NPV based on the WACC method? a. What is the free cash flow to equity for this project? The free cash flow to equity for this project is: (Round all answers to two decimal places. Use a minus sign to indicate a negative number.) Year 1 2 FCFE ($ million) 0 3 Data table (Click on the following icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) Year 1 FCF ($ million) D=dxV² 45 39.60 Interest 2.62 0 - 100 47.64 0.00 Print Done 2 99…The FMS Corporation needs to raise investment money amounting to $40 million in new equity. The firm’s market risk is βM = 1.4, which means the firm is believed to be riskier than the market average. The risk free interest rate is 2.8% and the average market return is 9% per year. What is the cost of equity for the $40 million?
- Suppose Alcatel-Lucent has an equity cost of capital of 10.3%, market capitalization of $9.36 billion, and an enterprise value of $13 billion. Assume that Alcatel-Lucent's debt cost of capital is 7.3%, its marginal tax rate is 34%, the WACC is 8.7650%, and it maintains a constant debt-equity ratio. The firm has a project with average risk. The expected free cash flow, levered value, and debt capacity are as follows: Thus, the NPV of the project calculated using the WACC method is $182.73 million - $100 million = $82.73 million. a. What is Alcatel-Lucent's unlevered cost of capital? b. What is the unlevered value of the project? c. What are the interest tax shields from the project? What is their present value? d. Show that the APV of Alcatel-Lucent's project matches the value computed using the WACC method. a. What is Alcatel-Lucent's unlevered cost of capital? Alcatel-Lucent's unlevered cost of capital is%. (Round to four decimal places.) Data table (Click on the following icon in…Pear Inc. has an equity beta of 2. The expected market return is 20% and the risk free rate is 5%. The firm is financed half through equity and half through debt. Assume perfect capital markets. 1. Assume Pear’s management decides to decrease leverage to 1/3 of firm value. Estimate Pear’s cost of equity, cost of debt and cost of capital. Explain your workings 2. Assume Pear is expected to generate a cash flow of $300 million next year. This cash flow will grow in perpetuity at a rate of 10%. The capital structure is as in question 1 above. Pear has 10 million shares outstanding. Calculate Pear’s share price. Explain your workings.XYZ is currently an all-equity firm with a total market value of $1,000,000. Earnings beforeinterest and taxes (EBIT) are projected to be $80,000 if economic conditions are normal. Ifthere is strong expansion in the economy, then EBIT will be 20% higher. If there is arecession, then EBIT will be 30% lower. The three states of the economy are equallylikely. XYZ is considering a (perpetual) debt issue of $150,000 with an interest (i.e.,coupon) rate of 6%. The proceeds will be used to repurchase shares of stock. There arecurrently 25,000 shares outstanding. Suppose that XYZ pays no taxes (that is, the tax rateis 0%). a) Calculate earnings per share, EPS, under each of the three economic scenariosbefore any debt is issued.Also, calculate the percentage changes in EPS when the economy expands orenters a recession. b) Repeat part (a) assuming that XYZ goes through with the recapitalization (that is,XYZ issues debt to repurchase shares at the current market price). Explain yourfindings.
- Simon Software Co. is trying to estimate its optimal capital structure. Right now, Simon has a capital structure that consists of 20 percent debt and 80 percent equity, based on market values. (Its D/S ratio is 0.25.) The risk-free rate is 6 percent and the market risk premium, rM - rRF, is 5 percent. Currently the company's cost of equity, which is based on the CAPM, is 12 percent and its tax rate is 40 percent. Find the new levered beta given the new capital structure (if it were to change its capital structure to 50 percent debt and 50 percent equity) using the Hamada equation. O 1.67 O 0.81 O 1.00 O 1.22 O 1.45Suppose a firm has a free cash flow of $10,000,000 and that it is expected to grow at 5%. Their cost of equity is 13% and their WACC is 9%. Use the Gordon Growth Model to find the value of this firma) One of the touted advantages of an ERM system is the stabilization of revenuethat results in shareholders valuing the business highly on the markets. Assumea firm has operating free cash flows of K300 million, which is expected to grow at13% for four years. After four years, it will return to a normal growth rate of 8%.Assuming that the weighted average cost of capital is 12%. Calculate the valueof the firm. b) A project has a worked out IRR of 15%. Would you advise the companyto undertake this project at its current WACC? Give reasons for youranswer.