Reference no: EM133069544
In year? 1, AMC will earn ?$2,300 before interest and taxes. The market expects these earnings to grow at a rate of 3.1% per year. The firm will make no net investments? (i.e., capital expenditures will equal?depreciation) or changes to net working capital. Assume that the corporate tax rate equals 45?%. Right? now, the firm has ?$5,750 in? risk-free debt. It plans to keep a constant ratio of debt to equity every? year, so that on average the debt will also grow by 3.1?% per year. Suppose the? risk-free rate equals 5.1667?%, and the expected return on the market equals 11.367?%. The asset beta for this industry is 1.88.
a. If AMC were an? all-equity (unlevered)? firm, what would its market value? be?
b. Assuming the debt is fairly? priced, what is the amount of interest AMC will pay next? year? If? AMC's debt is expected to grow by 3.1?% per? year, at what rate are its interest payments expected to? grow?
c. Even though? AMC's debt is riskless? (the firm will not? default), the future growth of? AMC's debt is? uncertain, so the exact amount of the future interest payments is risky. Assuming the future interest payments have the same beta as? AMC's assets, what is the present value of? AMC's interest tax? shield?