EBK CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Author: MOYER
Publisher: CENGAGE LEARNING - CONSIGNMENT
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Chapter 11, Problem 7P
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To determine: The rate of return.
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Fountain Corporation’s economists estimate that a good business environment and a bad business environment are equally likely for the coming year. The managers of the company must choose between two mutually exclusive projects. Assume that the project the company chooses will be the firm’s only activity and that the firm will close one year from today. The company is obligated to make a $5,300 payment to bondholders at the end of the year. The projects have the same systematic risk but different volatilities. Consider the following information pertaining to the two projects:
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.50
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Fountain Corporation’s economists estimate that a good business environment and a bad business environment are equally likely for the coming year. The managers of the company must choose between two mutually exclusive projects. Assume that the project the company chooses will be the firm’s only activity and that the firm will close one year from today. The company is obligated to make a $4,200 payment to bondholders at the end of the year. The projects have the same systematic risk but different volatilities. Consider the following information pertaining to the two projects:
Economy
Probability
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High-Volatility Project Payoff
Bad
.50
$ 4,200
$ 3,400
Good
.50
4,600
4,900
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What is the expected value of the company if the low-volatility project is undertaken? What if the high-volatility project is undertaken? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
b.
What is the expected value of the company’s equity if the low-volatility…
KT Enterprises is considering undertaking a new project. Based upon the analysis of firms with similar projects, KT has determined that an unlevered cost of equity of 12% is suitable for their project. KT's marginal tax rate is 35%, its borrowing rate is 7%, and KT does not believe that its borrowing rate will change if the new project is accepted.
If KT expects to maintain a debt to equity ratio for this project of .6 then KT's equity cost of capital, rE, for this project is closest to:
A. 5.0%
B.12%
C.15.0%
D. 17.0%
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