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XYZ Banks Inc. is a short-term lender. XYZ is all equity financed. XYZ has 20 million shares outstanding which trade for P7 per share. XYZ's shareholders require a return of 9%.
Cash-Mart Financial is also a short-term lender. It's shares are trading for P15 per share. Cash-Mart has 10 million shares outstanding. Cash-Mart's corporate bonds are rated BB and are trading for 87.5% of face value to yield 7%. The face value of Cash-Mart's debt is P100 million.
What is the required return of Cash-Mart's shareholders? (Assume that the tax rate is 0%.)
The Capital Structure consists of different sources of funds which mainly used for financing the projects of the business. Different capital structures have different weights and have different costs attached to them. Different firms choose to have different capital structures for their business as per the size and needs of the business of financing and considering all the relevant factors of the source which is being taken being the cost of borrowing and others.
Unlevered Cost of Equity refers to the one which shows the cost beared without taking debt in its capital structure or in other words the cost of having only equity in the capital structure.It can be calculated using the unlevered beta of the firm.
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- XRT Infrastructure Corp. has 80,000 bonds outstanding that are selling at 90% of the par value (Bonds are selling at discount). Bonds with similar characteristics are yielding 10.8%. The company also has 4 million shares of common stock outstanding. The stock has a beta of 1.1 and sells for $50 per share. The common shareholder anticipates receiving a dividend that will growth at 0%, based on the fact they received $5 dividend last year. The capital market analysts predict that dividends will continue to grow at the same rate into the foreseeable future. The firm’s tax rate is 28 percent. What would be your estimate of the cost of common stock (cost of equity)? What would be the estimate cost of capital (WACC)?arrow_forwardPhillips Equipment Inc. has 72,000 bonds outstanding that are each selling at $1,066 in the market. Each bond has 8 years left to maturity, a $1000 face value and a coupon rate of 5%. Coupons are paid semiannually. The company also has 1.9 million shares of common stock outstanding. The common stock has a beta of 1.35 and sells for $44 a share. The U.S. Treasury bill is yielding 3.1 percent and the return on the market is 9.5 percent. The corporate tax rate is 35 percent. (a) Determine the firms market value weight for debt (Enter answers as a % to 2 decimal places) 8.41 % (b) Determine the firms market value weight for equity (Enter answers as a % to 2 decimal places) 91.59 % (c) What is the firms after tax cost of debt? (Enter answers as a % to 2 decimal places) 2.81% (d) What is the firms cost of equity? (Enter answers as a % to 2 decimal places) 11.74 % (e) Using the information you have found in the earlier parts, determine the Cost of Capital for Phillips Equipment Inc. (Enter…arrow_forwardPhillips Equipment Inc. has 72,000 bonds outstanding that are each selling at $1,066 in the market. Each bond has 8 years left to maturity, a $1000 face value and a coupon rate of 5%. Coupons are paid semiannually. The company also has 2.8 million shares of common stock outstanding. The common stock has a beta of 1.05 and sells for $45 a share. The U.S. Treasury bill is yielding 2.4 percent and the return on the market is 9 percent. The corporate tax rate is 35 percent. (a) Determine the firms market value weight for debt (Enter answers as a % to 2 decimal places) [ (b) Determine the firms market value weight for equity (Enter answers as a % to 2 decimal places) [ (c) What is the firms after tax cost of debt? (Enter answers as a % to 2 decimal places)[ % (d) What is the firms cost of equity? (Enter answers as a % to 2 decimal places) (e) Using the information you have found in the earlier parts, determine the Cost of Capital for Phillips Equipment Inc. (Enter answers as a % to 2…arrow_forward
- Charter Corp. has issued 1,554 debentures with a total principal value of $1,554,000. The bonds have a coupon interest rate of 9%. a. What dollar amount of interest per bond can an investor expect to receive each year from Charter? b. What is Charter's total interest expense per year associated with this bond issue? c. Assuming that Charter is in a 39% corporate tax bracket, what is the company's net after-tax interest cost associated with this bond issue?arrow_forwardSlush Corporation has two bonds outstanding, each with a face value of $3.6 million. Bond A is secured on the company's head office building; bond B is unsecured. Slush has suffered a severe downturn in demand. Its head office building is worth $1.16 million, but its remaining assets are now worth only $2 million. If the company defaults, what payoff can the holders of bond B expect? Note: Enter your answer in dollars, not in millions. Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar amount. Payoff of bond Barrow_forwardThe total book value of WTC's equity is $13 million, and book value per share is $26. The stock has a market-to-book ratio of 1.5, and the cost of equity is 15%. The firm's bonds have a face value of $9 million and sell at a price of 110% of face value. The yield to maturity on the bonds is 10%, and the firm's tax rate is 21%. What is the company's WACC? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)arrow_forward
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