Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077861704
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 16, Problem 16QP
M&M [LO2] Tool Manufacturing has an expected EBIT of $67,000 in perpetuity and a tax rate of 35 percent. The firm has $139,000 in outstanding debt at an interest rate of 6.85 percent, and its unlevered cost of capital is 10.25 percent. What is the value of the firm according to M&M Proposition I with taxes? Should the company change its debt–equity ratio if the goal is to maximize the value of the firm? Explain.
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