Exam 14: Capital Structure in a Perfect Market

Use the information for the question(s) below. You are evaluating a new project and need an estimate for your project's beta. You have identified the following information about three firms with comparable projects: -The unlevered beta for Nod is closest to:

Suppose the risk-free interest rate is 4%.If Nielson borrows $150 million today at this rate and uses the proceeds to pay an immediate cash dividend,then according to MM,the expected return of Nielson's stock just after the dividend is paid would be closest to:

The beginning of the modern theory of finance was marked by:

Following the borrowing of $12 and subsequent share repurchase,the expected earnings per share for RC is closest to:

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below. Nielson Motors (NM) has no debt. Its assets will be worth $600 million in one year if the economy is strong, but only $300 million if the economy is weak. Both events are equally likely. The market value today of Nielson's assets is $400 million. -The expected return for Nielson Motors stock without leverage is closest to:

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below. Galt Industries has no debt, total equity capitalization of $600 million, and an equity beta of 1.2. Included in Galt's assets is $90 million in cash and risk-free securities. Assume the risk-free rate is 4% and the market risk premium is 6%. -Galt's WACC is closest to:

Use the information for the question(s) below. Consider a project with free cash flows in one year of $90,000 in a weak economy or $117,000 in a strong economy, with each outcome being equally likely. The initial investment required for the project is $80,000, and the project's cost of capital is 15%. The risk-free interest rate is 5%. -Suppose that you borrow $30,000 in financing the project.According to MM proposition II,the firm's equity cost of capital will be closest to:

Use the information for the question(s) below. Consider two firms, With and Without, that have identical assets that generate identical cash flows. Without is an all-equity firm, with 1 million shares outstanding that trade for a price of $24 per share. With has 2 million shares outstanding and $12 million dollars in debt at an interest rate of 5%. -According to MM Proposition 1,the stock price for With is closest to:

Use the information for the question(s) below. Consider two firms, With and Without, that have identical assets that generate identical cash flows. Without is an all-equity firm, with 1 million shares outstanding that trade for a price of $24 per share. With has 2 million shares outstanding and $12 million dollars in debt at an interest rate of 5%. -Assume that MM's perfect capital markets conditions are met and that you can borrow and lend at the same 5% rate as With.You have $5000 of your own money to invest and you plan on buying Without stock.Using homemade leverage,how much do you need to borrow in your margin account so that the payoff of your margined purchase of Without stock will be the same as a $5000 investment in With stock?

Suppose that to raise the funds for the initial investment,the project is sold to investors as an all-equity firm.The equity holders will receive the cash flows of the project in one year.The market value of the unlevered equity for this project is closest to:

Use the information for the question(s) below. Consider a project with free cash flows in one year of $90,000 in a weak economy or $117,000 in a strong economy, with each outcome being equally likely. The initial investment required for the project is $80,000, and the project's cost of capital is 15%. The risk-free interest rate is 5%. -Sisyphean Bolder Movers Incorporated has no debt,a total equity capitalization of $50 billion,and a beta of 2.0.Included in Sisyphean's assets are $12 billion in cash and risk-free securities.Calculate Sisyphean's enterprise value and unlevered cost of equity considering the fact that Sisyphean's cash is risk-free.

Use the information for the question(s) below. Luther Industries has no debt, a total equity capitalization of $20 billion, and a beta of 1.8. Included in Luther's assets are $4 billion in cash and risk-free securities. -Considering the fact that Luther's Cash is risk-free,Luther's unlevered beta is closest to:

Assume that in addition to 1.25 billion common shares outstanding,Luther has stock options given to employees valued at $2 billion.After the repurchase how many shares will Luther have outstanding?

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below. d'Anconia Copper is an all-equity firm with 60 million shares outstanding, which are currently trading at $20 per share. Last month, d'Anconia announced that it will change its capital structure by issuing $300 million in debt. The $200 million raised by this issue, plus another $200 million in cash that d'Anconia already has, will be used to repurchase existing shares of stock. Assume that capital markets are perfect. -The market capitalization of d'Anconia Copper before this transaction takes place is closest to:

Suppose that Taggart Transcontinental currently has no debt and has an equity cost of capital of 10%.Taggart is considering borrowing funds at a cost of 6% and using these funds to repurchase existing shares of stock.Assume perfect capital markets.If Taggart borrows until they achieved a debt -to-value ratio of 20%,then Taggart's levered cost of equity would be closest to:

With perfect capital markets,what is the market price per share of Luther's stock after the share repurchase?

What is the conservation of value principle?

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below. Nielson Motors is currently an all equity financed firm. It expects to generate EBIT of $20 million over the next year. Currently Nielson has 8 million shares outstanding and its stock is trading at $20.00 per share. Nielson is considering changing its capital structure by borrowing $50 million at an interest rate of 8% and using the proceeds to repurchase shares. Assume perfect capital markets. -Nielson's EPS if they choose not to change their capital structure is closest to:

Two separate firms are considering investing in this project.Firm unlevered plans to fund the entire $80,000 investment using equity,while firm levered plans to borrow $45,000 at the risk-free rate and use equity to finance the remainder of the initial investment.Calculate the expected returns for both the levered and unlevered firm.

The following equation: X = r_E + r_D Can be used to calculate all of the following EXCEPT: