Based on market values, Gubler's Gym has an equity multiplier of 168 times. Shareholders require a return of 11.79 percent on the company's stock and a pretax return of 5.06 percent on the company's debt. The company is evaluating a new project that has the same risk as the company itself. The propect will generate annual aftertax cash flows of $321,000 per year for 9 years. The tax rate is 21 percent. What is the most the company would be willing to spend today on the project? Multiple Choice $1,802.338 $1,953,295 $1,919,325 $1,864,487 $2,264,479

Dyrdek Enterprises has equity with a market value of $10.4 million and the market value of debt is $3.35 million. The company is evaluating a new project that has more risk than the firm. As a result, the company will apply a risk adjustment factor of 1.2 percent. The new project will cost $2.12 million today and provide annual cash flows of $556,000 for the next 6 years. The company's cost of equity is 10.91 percent and the pretax cost of debt is 4.84 percent. The tax rate is 39 percent. What is the project's NPV?

Quigley Inc. is considering two financial plans for the coming year. Management expects sales to be $300,000, operating costs to be $265,000, assets (which is equal to its total invested capital) to be $200,000, and its tax rate to be 25%. Under Plan A it would finance the firm using 25% debt and 75% common equity. The interest rate on the debt would be 8.8%, but under a contract with existing bondholders the TIE ratio would have to be maintained at or above 3.6. Under Plan B, the maximum debt that met the TIE constraint would be employed. Assuming that sales, operating costs, assets, total invested capital, the interest rate, and the tax rate would all remain constant, by how much would the ROE change in response to the change in the capital structure? Do not round your intermediate calculations. a. 7.92% O b. 7.36 %1 O c. 8.00% O d. 7.84% O e. 7.76%

RDJ Corp. has expected earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of $5,000 (assumed to continue forever). Its unlevered cost of capital is 13.0% and its corporate tax rate is 35%. The company would like to borrow debt that amounts to $2,000 and use the proceeds to buy back shares. This debt has a 7.0% annual interest rate and pays interests annually. What is the firm's cost of equity, after this capital conversion? O A. O B. O C. O E. 10.05% 13.33% 15.14% OD. 13.82% 12.65% B 10 19 28 37 46 Finis

Kielly Machines Inc. is planning an expansion program estimated to cost $100 million. Kielly is going to raise funds according to its target capital structure shown below. Debt 0.30 Preferred stock 0.24 Equity 0.46 Kielly had net income available to common shareholders of $184 million last year of which 75% was paid out in dividends. The company has a marginal tax rate of 40%. Additional data: The before-tax cost of debt is estimated to be 11%. The market yield of preferred stock is estimated to be 12%. The after-tax cost of common stock is estimated to be 16% What is Kielly's weighted average cost of capital? Select one: a. 14.00% b. 12.22% c. 13.54% d. 13.00%

XYZ anticipates earning $1,000,000 and paying $200,000 in dividends this year. XYZ's capital structure is 20% debt and 80% equity and its tax rate is 35%.  Compute the equity breakpoint to the nearest dollar.   Your Answer:

Dyrdek Enterprises has equity with a market value of $10.9 million and the market value of debt is $3.60 million. The company is evaluating a new project that has more risk than the firm. As a result, the company will apply a risk adjustment factor of 1.7 percent. The new project will cost $2.22 million today and provide annual cash flows of $581,000 for the next 6 years. The company's cost of equity is 11.11 percent and the pretax cost of debt is 4.89 percent. The tax rate is 21 percent. What is the project's NPV? Multiple Choice $230,173 $375,414 $237,180 $219,241 $512,072

ABC Corp is expected to earn $6.00 per share over the next year. The company plows back 35% of its earnings into projects yielding 18%. Investors require a rate of return of 14%. What price will they pay for the stock?

XYZ anticipates earning $1,500,000 and paying $300,000 in dividends this year. XYZ's capital structure is 20% debt and 80% equity and its tax rate is 35%.  Compute the equity breakpoint to the nearest dollar.   Your Answer:

Beach & Company reported EBIT of $40 million for last year. Depreciation expense totaled $18 million and capital expenditures came to $8 million. Free cash flow is expected to grow at a rate of 5 rate for the foreseeable future. Beach faces a 21 percent tax rate and has a 50 debt to equity ratio with $200 million (market value) in debt outstanding. Beach's equity beta is 1.25, the risk-free rate is currently 4.5 percent and the market risk premium is estimated to be 8 percent. What is the current total value of Beach & Company (in millions)? Multiple Choice $919.46 O $787.29 $655.02 $1,025.95 $840.95