Sunday, November 10, 2019

East Side, Inc. has no debt outstanding and a total market value of $136,000. Earnings before interest and taxes


Young's Home Supply has a debt-equity ratio of 0.80. The cost of equity is 14.5 percent and the aftertax cost of debt is 4.9 percent. What will the firm's cost of equity be if the debt-equity ratio is revised to 0.70? 
 
A. 
10.89 percent

B. 
11.47 percent

C. 
11.70 percent

D. 
13.89 percent

E. 
13.97 percent
WACC = [(1.0/1.8) × 0.145] + [(0.8/1.8) × 0.049] = 0.102333;
WACC = 0.102333 = [(1.0/1.70) × RE] + [(0.70/1.70) × 0.049; RE = 13.97 percent


84.
Percy's Wholesale Supply has earnings before interest and taxes of $106,000. Both the book and the market value of debt is $170,000. The unlevered cost of equity is 15.5 percent while the pre-tax cost of debt is 8.6 percent. The tax rate is 38 percent. What is the firm's weighted average cost of capital? 
 
A. 
11.94 percent

B. 
12.65 percent

C. 
13.45 percent

D. 
14.01 percent

E. 
14.37 percent
VU = [$106,000 × (1 - 0.38)]/0.155 = $424,000
VL = $424,000 + (0.38 × $170,000) = $488,600
VE = $488,600 - $170,000 = $318,600
RE = 0.155 + (0.155 - 0.086) × ($170,000/$318,600) × (1 - 0.38) = 0.177827
WACC = [($318,600/$488,600) × 0.177827] + [($170,000/$488,600) × 0.086 × (1 - 0.38)] = 13.45 percent

85.
East Side, Inc. has no debt outstanding and a total market value of $136,000. Earnings before interest and taxes, EBIT, are projected to be $12,000 if economic conditions are normal. If there is strong expansion in the economy, then EBIT will be 27 percent higher. If there is a recession, then EBIT will be 55 percent lower. East Side is considering a $54,000 debt issue with a 5 percent interest rate. The proceeds will be used to repurchase shares of stock. There are currently 2,000 shares outstanding. Ignore taxes. If the economy enters a recession, EPS will change by ____ percent as compared to a normal economy, assuming that the firm recapitalizes. 
 
A. 
-70.97 percent

B. 
-63.15 percent

C. 
-58.08 percent

D. 
-42.29 percent

E. 
-38.87 percent
Share price = $136,000/2,000 = $68
Shares repurchased = $54,000/$68 = 794.117647
Annual interest = $54,000 × 0.05 = $2,700
EPSNormal = ($12,000 - $2,700)/(2,000 - 794.117647) = $7.712195
EPSRecession = {[$12,000 × (1 - 0.55)] - $2,700}/(2,000 - 794.117647) = $2.239024
Percentage change = ($2.239024 - $7.712195)/$7.712195 = -70.97 percent

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