We are interested in making a bid for Privately Held Automotive Group (PAG). PAG is an up-and- coming automotive company offering a line of sedans, SUVS, and pick-up trucks. We have been asked to...

Extracted text: We are interested in making a bid for Privately Held Automotive Group (PAG). PAG is an up-and- coming automotive company offering a line of sedans, SUVS, and pick-up trucks. We have been asked to estimate PAG's levered beta to determine its fit into our company. Consider the following information from 2018 about comparable automotive firms: Total Levered Marginal Tax Rate Revenues Company Name Debt Ratio Equity Beta ($ Mill) Private-Held 65.00% ? 40.00% Automotive Ford Motor Company 85.98% 1.07 7.59% 157,978 Fiat Chrysler America 74.29% 2.18 11.95% 108,018 General Motors 81.18% 1.42 3.47% 144,010 a) Calculate the unlevered asset betas for each of the three comparable firms being sure to adjust appropriately for their respective marginal tax rates b) Calculate the arithmetic industry average of the three asset betas Calculate the weighted average asset beta using the revenues to determine the weights d) Estimate a levered equity beta for the Privately held automotive division using the both the arithmetic and the weighted averages.