FNAN 522 - CH. 16 Connect

New Schools is an all-equity company with an expected EBIT of $94,000 every year forever. The company can borrow at 7.4 percent while its cost of equity is 13.9 percent. What will be the value of the company if it converts to 50 percent debt given its total tax rate of 24 percent?

$575,632

Katlin Markets is debating between a levered and an unlevered capital structure. The all-equity capital structure would consist of 60,000 shares of stock. The debt and equity option would consist of 45,000 shares of stock plus $250,000 of debt with an interest rate of 7.25 percent. What is the break-even level of earnings before interest and taxes between these two options? Ignore taxes.

$72,500

Roy's Welding has a cost of equity of 14.1 percent and a pretax cost of debt of 7.7 percent. The required return on the assets is 13.2 percent. What is the debt-equity ratio based on M&M II with no taxes?

.164

Johnson Tire Distributors has debt with both a face and a market value of $35,000. This debt has a coupon rate of 6.6 percent and pays interest annually. The expected earnings before interest and taxes are $8,300, the tax rate is 21 percent, and the unlevered cost of capital is 10.9 percent. What is the cost of equity?

14.56 percent

Theo currently owns 700 shares of JKL, which is an all-equity firm with 320,000 shares of stock outstanding at a market price of $25 a share. The company's earnings before interest and taxes are $160,000. JKL has decided to issue $500,000 of debt at 7.5 percent interest and use the proceeds to repurchase shares of stock. How many shares of JKL stock must Theo sell to unlever his position if he can loan out funds at 7.5 percent interest? (Assume partial shares can be sold.)

43.75

Which one of the following is the equity risk that is most related to the daily operations of a firm?

Business risk

The concept of homemade leverage is most associated with:

M&M Proposition I with no tax.

The present value of the interest tax shield is expressed as:

TcD

M&M Proposition I with tax implies that the:

cost of capital is the same regardless of the debt-equity ratio used.

The explicit costs, such as legal and administrative expenses, associated with corporate default are classified as _____ costs.

direct bankruptcy