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Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
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Chapter 14, Problem 21P
Yerba Industries is an all-equity firm whose stock has a beta of 1.2 and an expected return of 12.5%. Suppose it issues new risk-free debt with a 5% yield and repurchases 40% of its stock. Assume perfect capital markets.
- a. What is the beta of Yerba stock after this transaction?
- b. What is the expected return of Yerba stock after this transaction? Suppose that prior to this transaction, Yerba expected earnings per share this coming year of $1.50, with a forward P/E ratio (that is, the share price divided by the expected earnings for the coming year) of 14.
- c. What is Yerba’s expected earnings per share after this transaction? Does this change benefit shareholders? Explain.
- d. What is Yerba’s forward P/E ratio after this transaction? Is this change in the P/E ratio reasonable? Explain.
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Corporate Finance (4th Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance) - Standalone book
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