An unlevered company with a cost of equity of 18% expects to generate $5 million in earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) each year into perpetuity. The firm pays a tax rate of 28%.
Based on its after-tax earnings and cost of equity, what is the value of the firm?
An unlevered company with a cost of equity of 16% generates $6 million in earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) each year. The decides to alter its capital structure to include debt by adding $2 million in debt with a pre-tax cost of 7% to its capital structure and using the proceeds to reduce equity by a like amount as to keep total invested capital unchanged. The firm pays a tax rate of 39%.
Assuming that the company's EBIT stream can be earned into perpetuity and that the debt can be perpetually issued (or rolled), what is the value of the firm?
particulars | amount IS $ M |
EBIT | 5 |
LESS TAX@28% | 1.4 |
EAT | 3.6 |
VALUE OF FIRM =
=$22.5 M
2)VALUE OF LEVERED FIRM
particulars | amount IS $ M |
EBIT | 6 |
LESS INTEREST 2M*7% | 0.14 |
EBT | 5.86 |
LESS TAX@39% | 2.2854 |
EAT | 3.7146 |
VALUE OF EQUITY
=
=$23.21625 M
GIVEN VALUE OF DEBT IS $2 M
VALUE OF FIRM=VALUE OF EQUITY + VALUE OF DEBT
=23.21625+2
VALUE OF FIRM=$25.21625M
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