Question

Good Time Company is a regional chain department store. It will remain in business for one more year. The probability of a boom year is 80 percent and the probability of a recession is 20 percent. It is projected that the company will generate a total cash flow of $192 million in a boom year and $83 million in a recession. The company's required debt payment at the end of the year is $117 million. The market value of the company’s outstanding debt is $90 million. The company pays no taxes.

a. What payoff do bondholders expect to receive in the event of a recession? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, i.e. 1,234,567.)

Payoff $

b. What is the promised return on the company's debt? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

Promised return %

c. What is the expected return on the company's debt? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

Expected return %