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Chapter 14, Problem 11P
Consider the entrepreneur described in Section 14.1 (and referenced in Tables 14.1 – 14.3). Suppose she funds the project by borrowing $750 rather than $500.
- a. According to MM Proposition I, what is the value of the equity? What are its cash flows if the economy is strong? What are its cash flows if the economy is weak?
- b. What is the return of the equity in each case? What is its expected return?
- c. What is the risk premium of equity in each case? What is the sensitivity of the levered
equity return to systematic risk? How does its sensitivity compare to that of unlevered equity? How does its risk premium compare to that of unlevered equity? - d. What is the debt-equity ratio of the firm in this case?
- e. What is the firm’s WACC in this case?
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Corporate Finance (4th Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance) - Standalone book
Ch. 14.1 - How does the risk and cost of capital of levered...Ch. 14.2 - Why are investors indifferent to the firms capital...Ch. 14.2 - What is a market value balance sheet?Ch. 14.2 - In a perfect capital market, how will a firms...Ch. 14.3 - How do we compute the weighted average cost of...Ch. 14.3 - With perfect capital markets, as a firm increases...Ch. 14.4 - If a change in leverage raises a firm's earnings...Ch. 14.4 - True or False: When a firm issues equity, it...Ch. 14.5 - Consider the questions facing Dan Harris, CFO of...Ch. 14.5 - Prob. 2CC
Ch. 14 - Consider a project with free cash flows in one...Ch. 14 - You are an entrepreneur starting a biotechnology...Ch. 14 - Acort Industries owns assets that will have an 80%...Ch. 14 - Wolfrum Technology (WT) has no debt. Its assets...Ch. 14 - Suppose there are no taxes. Firm ABC has no debt,...Ch. 14 - Suppose Alpha Industries and Omega Technology have...Ch. 14 - Prob. 7PCh. 14 - Prob. 8PCh. 14 - Zetatron is an all-equity firm with 100 million...Ch. 14 - Explain what is wrong with the following argument:...Ch. 14 - Consider the entrepreneur described in Section...Ch. 14 - Hardmon Enterprises is currently an all-equity...Ch. 14 - Suppose Visa Inc. (V) has no debt and an equity...Ch. 14 - Prob. 14PCh. 14 - Prob. 15PCh. 14 - Hartford Mining has 50 million shares that are...Ch. 14 - Mercer Corp. has 10 million shares outstanding and...Ch. 14 - In mid-2015 Qualcomm Inc. had 11 billion in debt,...Ch. 14 - Prob. 19PCh. 14 - Prob. 20PCh. 14 - Yerba Industries is an all-equity firm whose stock...Ch. 14 - Prob. 22PCh. 14 - Prob. 23PCh. 14 - Prob. 24P
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