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The all-equity firm Metallica Heavy Metal Mining (MHMM) Corporation wants to diversify its operations. Some recent financial information for the company is shown here:

Stock price $ 75

Number of shares 40,000

Total assets $ 6,000,000

Total liabilities $ 2,000,000

Net income $ 500,000

MHMM is considering an investment that has the same PE ratio as the firm. The cost of the investment is $800,000, and it will be financed with a new equity issue. The return on the investment will equal MHMMs current ROE.

a.

What is the new price per share if the investment is made? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

b. What will happen to the book value per share? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

c. What will happen to the market-to-book ratio? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 4 decimal places, e.g., 32.1616.)

d. What will happen to the EPS? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

e. What is the NPV of this investment? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.)

a. New price

b. Current book value

New book value

c. Current market-to-book

New market-to-book

d. Current EPS

New EPS

e. NPV

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