Simmons Mineral Operations, Inc. is a company that has no debt and that has a forecasted EBIT of $364,000 perpetually. Right now the cost of equity of Simmons Mineral Operations, Inc. is 13.4 percent and the corporate tax rate is 34 percent. The firm is in the process of selling $980,000 worth of perpetual bonds with an annual interest rate of 5.8 percent at par. What is the value of Simmons Mineral Operations, Inc. after it issues debt?
Value of the Unlevered firm
Value of the Unlevered Firm = [EBIT x (1 – Tax rate)] / Cost of Equity
= [$364,000 x (1 – 0.34)] / 0.1340
= [$364,000 x 0.66] / 0.1340
= $240,240 / 0.1340
= $1,792,836
The Value of the Levered firm
The Value of the Levered firm = Value of the Unlevered firm + [Debt x Tax rate]
= $1,792,836 + [$980,000 x 0.34]
= $1,792,836 + $333,200
= $2,126,036
Therefore, the value of Simmons Mineral Operations, Inc. after it issuing debt will be $2,126,036
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