Assuming that there is an unlevered firm and a levered firm. The basic information is given by the following table.
Table 1: Information of the firms
Unlevered firm
Levered firm
EBIT
10,000
Interest
0
3,200
Taxable income
6,800
Tax (tax rate: 34%)
3,400
2,312
Net income
6,600
4,488
CFFA
-3,200
Assuming that cost of debt =8%; unlevered cost of capital =10%; systematic risk of the asset is 1.5
Suppose that the firm changes its capital structure so that the debt-to-equity ratio is 1.0, then recalculate the systematic risk of the equity
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