Reference no: EM132004578
Suppose your company needs to raise $25 million to fund a new office complex. It plans on issuing ten-year bonds with a face value of $1,000 and a coupon rate of 7.0% (annual payments).
The following table summarizes the YTM for similar ten-year corporate bonds of various credit ratings:
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Rating
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AAA
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AA
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A
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BBB
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BB
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YTM
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6.70%
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6.80%
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7.00%
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7.40%
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8.00%
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1. If you have to make decision to issue the least of number of bonds to raise the needed $25 million, what is bond's rating? (show all the calculations to arrive to the final answer)
Your company has just reported EPS of $4.00 per share. Despite an economic downturn, it is confident regarding its current investment opportunities, but due to the current financial crisis, it does not wish to fund these investments externally.
The board has therefore decided to suspend its stock repurchase plan and cut its dividend to $1 per share (from its current level of $2 per share) and retain these funds instead. Your company just paid its current dividend of $1.00 per share and expects to keep its dividend at $1 per share next year as well.
In subsequent years, it expects its growth opportunities to slow, and it will still be able to fund its growth internally with a target 40% dividend payout ratio, and reinitiating its stock repurchase plan for a total payout rate of 60%. All dividends and repurchases occur at the end of each year.
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2. If you have forecast the expected EPS in two years, what would it be?
3. If you have to estimate the current stock price, what would it be?
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