assignment 2 QUESTION 9 An unlevered firm has net operating profit after tax...

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QUESTION 9

  1. An unlevered firm has net operating profit after tax of $45,000. The tax rate is 25%. The unlevered beta is 0.70. The risk-free return is 5% and the market risk premium is 10%.

    a) Find the value of the unlevered firm.

    b) They plan to issue $30,000 in debt at 5% to buy back stock. It is a permanent capital structure change. The present value of financial distress costs is $5,000. Use the trade-off theory to estimate the value of the levered firm.

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