The common stock and debt of Northern Sludge are valued at $80 million and $20 million, respectively. Investors currently require a 16.2% return on the common stock and a/an 7.5% return on the debt. If Northern Sludge issues an additional $11 million of common stock and uses this money to retire debt, what happens to the expected return on the stock? Assume that the change in capital structure does not affect the interest rate on Northern’s debt and that there are no taxes. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to two decimal places.)   The common stock and debt of Northern Sludge are valued at $80 million and $20 million, respectively. Investors currently require a 16.2% return on the common stock and a/an 7.5% return on the debt. If Northern Sludge issues an additional $11 million of common stock and uses this money to retire debt, what happens to the expected return on the stock? Assume that the change in capital structure does not affect the interest rate on Northern’s debt and that there are no taxes. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to two decimal places.) NEW RETURN ON EQUITY: ?%

Becker industries is considering an all equity capital structure against one with both debt and equity.  The all equity capital structure would consist of 34000 shares of stock.  The debt and equity option would consist of 17000 shares of stock plus $265000 of debt with an interest rate of 8 percent.  What is the break even level of earnings before interest and taxes between these two options? Ignore taxes

Ewing Corporation is evaluating an extra dividend versus a share repurchase. In either case, $10,000 would be spent. Current earnings are $3 per share, and the stock currently sells for $50 per share. There are 5,000 shares outstanding. Ignore taxes and other market imperfections (e.g. transaction cost) in answering the questions. a) Evaluate the two alternatives in terms of the effect on the price per share of the stock and shareholder wealth. b) What will be the effect on Ewing’s EPS and PE ratio under the two different scenarios?

Sunnyfax Publishing pays out all its earnings and has a share price of $37.00. In order to expand, Sunnyfax Publishing decides to cut its dividend from $3.00 to $2.00 per share and reinvest the retained funds. Once the funds are reinvested, they are expected to grow at a rate of 14%. If the reinvestment does not affect Sunnyfax's equity cost of capital, what is the expected share price as a consequence of this decision? O $45.87 $40.14 $68.81 $57.34 Suppose a ten-year, $1,000 bond with an 8.6% coupon rate and semiannual coupons is trading for $1,035.39. What is the bond's yield to maturity (expressed as an APR with semiannual compounding)? 8.08% O4.04% O 5.36% O 10.72%

ABC Corporation has debt with a value of $100 million and common stock with a market value of $200 million .Investors expect  6% return on the debt and a a 15% return on the stock Assume perfect capital markets. Suppose ABC issues $100 million of new stock to buy back the debt. What is the expected return of the stock after this transaction? Suppose instead ABC corporation issues $50 million of new debt to repurchase stock. what is the expected return of the stock after this transaction,If the risk of the debt does not change? Would the expected return of the stock be higher or lower than in part (i)? If the risk of the debt increases,