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A corporation has 9,000,000 shares of stock outstanding at a price of $50 per share. They just paid a dividend of $2 and the dividend is expected to grow by 7% per year forever. The stock has a beta of 1.2, the current risk free rate is 5%, and the market risk premium is 6%. The corporation also has 300,000 bonds outstanding with a price of $1,100 per bond. The bond has a coupon rate of 11% with semiannual interest payments, a face value of $1,000, and 13 years to go until maturity. The company plans on reducing their level of debt until they reach their target debt ratio of 30%. They expect their cost of debt to be 8% and their cost of equity to be 11% under this new capital structure. The tax rate is 40%
1. What is the required return on the corporation’s stock?
a) 9.4% b) 10.6% c) 11.3% d) 12.2%
2. What is the expected return on the corporation’s stock?
a) 9.4% b) 10.6% c) 11.3% d) 12.2%
3. What is the yield to maturity on the company’s debt?
a) 9.2% b) 9.4% c) 9.6% d) 9.8%
4. What percent of their current market value capital structure is made up of debt?
a) 35% b) 42% c) 55% d) 58%
5. What is their WACC using their target capital structure and expected costs of debt and equity?
a) 7.7% b) 8.7% c) 9.1% d) 9.8%
6. Given the new cost of debt, what should be the new price of the bond?
a) $1,053 b) $1,127 c) $1,172 d) $1,239
7. Given the new cost of equity, what should be the new price of the stock?
a) $36.75 b) $47.25 c) $53.50 d) $56.67
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