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You are the CFO and are attempting to maximize the value of your firm. The firm has 10 million share of stock outstanding, no debt, a WACC of 12%, a tax rate of 40% and a stock price = $20. You are looking to invest in a new project which costs $60 million, but generates in increase in EBIT of $15 million. The YTM on new debt = 5%.

A. If the firm announces the new project and indicates they will finance it with equity, what would be the new price of the firm’s stock?

B. How many shares of stock would now be outstanding after they have raised the funds for the project by issuing equity?

C. Suppose the firm decides to fund the project with debt. What will be the market value of the company if the project is financed with debt? What will be the price per share of the firm’s stock?

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2-The capital structure of a company consists of debt, common equity, and preferred stock. The firm has 10 million shares of common stock outstanding, 500,000 shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 200,000 bonds outstanding with $1,000 par value each. The common stock currently trades for $50 per share and has a beta of 1.80, the preferred stock pays annual dividend of $10 per share in perpetuity and currently sells for $100 per share, and the bonds are currently sell for 110 percent of par. The market risk premium is 6 percent, Treasury bills are yielding 4 percent, and the firm’s tax rate is 35 percent. The before-tax cost of debt is 8 percent.

a) What is the firm’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC or RWACC)?

b) The firm is evaluating a new 5-year investment project that has the same risk as the firm’s typical project. The project requires an initial investment of $20 million. It is expected to generate annual after-tax cash flows of $8 million for 5 years. The project has no net working capital requirement and no salvage value. Find the net present value (NPV) of the project.

Stephenson Real Estate Company was founded 25 years ago by the current CEO, Robert Stephenson. The company purchases real estate, including land and buildings, and rents the property to tenants. The company has shown a profit every year for the past 18 years, and the shareholders are satisfied with the company’s management. Prior to founding Stephenson Real Estate, Robert was the founder and CEO of a failed alpaca farming operation. The resulting bankruptcy made him extremely averse to debt financing. As a result, the company is entirely equity financed, with 9 million shares of common stock outstanding. The stock currently trades at $37.80 per share.

Stephenson is evaluating a plan to purchase a huge tract of land in the southeastern United States for $95 million. The land will subsequently be leased to tenant farmers. This purchase is expected to increase Stephenson’s annual pretax earnings by $18.75 million in perpetuity. Jennifer Weyand, the company’s new CFO, has been put in charge of the project. Jennifer has determined that the company’s current cost of capital is 10.2 percent. She feels that the company would be more valuable if it included debt in its capital structure, so she is evaluating whether the company should issue debt to entirely finance the project. Based on some conversations with investment banks, she thinks that the company can issue bonds at par value with a 6 percent coupon rate. From her analysis, she also believes that a capital structure in the range of 70 percent equityy30 percent debt would be optimal. If the company goes beyond 30 percent debt, its bonds would carry a lower rating and a much higher coupon because the possibility of financial distress and the associated costs would rise sharply. Stephenson has a 40 percent corporate tax rate (state and federal).

1.If Stephenson wishes to maximize its total market value, would you recommend that it issue debt or equity to finance the land purchase? Explain.

2.Construct Stephenson’s market value balance sheet before it announces the purchase.

3.Suppose Stephenson decides to issue equity to finance the purchase.

A.What is the net present value of the project?

B.Construct Stephenson’s market value balance sheet after it announces that the firm will finance the purchase using equity. What would be the new price per share of the firm’s stock? How many shares will Stephenson need to issue to finance the purchase?

C.Construct Stephenson’s market value balance sheet after the equity issue but before the purchase has been made. How many shares of common stock does Stephenson have outstanding? What is the price per share of the firm’s stock?

D.Construct Stephenson’s market value balance sheet after the purchase has been made.

4.Suppose Stephenson decides to issue debt to finance the purchase.

A.What will the market value of the Stephenson company be if the purchase is financed with debt?

B.Construct Stephenson’s market value balance sheet after both the debt issue and the land purchase. What is the price per share of the firm’s stock?

5.Which method of financing maximizes the per-share stock price of Stephenson’s equity?

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