Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077861759
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 18, Problem 1QP
- a. What is the maximum price that the company should be willing to pay for the new fleet of cars if it remains an all-equity company'!
- b. Suppose the company can purchase the fleet of cars for $650,000. Additionally, assume the company can issue $430,000 of five-year debt to finance the project at the risk-free rate of 8 percent. All principal will be repaid in one balloon payment at the end of the fifth year. What is the adjusted
present value (APV) of the project?
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Benton is a rental car company that is trying to determine whether to add 25 cars to its fleet. The company fully depreciates all its rental cars over six years using the straight-line method. The new cars are expected to generate $195,000 per year in earnings before taxes and depreciation for six years. The company is entirely financed by equity and has a 23 percent tax rate. The required return on the company’s unlevered equity is 13 percent and the new fleet will not change the risk of the company. The risk-free rate is 6 percent.
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What is the maximum price that the company should be willing to pay for the new fleet of cars if it remains an all-equity company? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
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Suppose the company can purchase the fleet of cars for $675,000. Additionally, assume the company can issue $470,000 of six-year debt to finance the project at the risk-free rate of 6 percent. All principal will…
Chapter 18 Solutions
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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