Question

Moji Mont Company has a debt-equity ratio of .25. The required return on the company’s unlevered equity is 15 percent, and the pretax cost of the firm’s debt is 8.0 percent. Sales revenue for the company is expected to remain stable indefinitely at last year’s level of $18,500,000. Variable costs amount to 70 percent of sales. The tax rate is 34 percent, and the company distributes all its earnings as dividends at the end of each year.
If the company were financed entirely by equity, how much would it be worth?

Answer 1

Answer:

The company's worth is $24,420,000 if it is financed entirely by equity

Explanation:

The value of the company if financed entirely by equity is the perpetual cash flows that can be derived  from the company using the required rate of return  on the company's un-levered equity at 15%.

Sales                                                  $18,500,000

Variable costs(70%*$18,500,000)   ($12,950,000)

EBIT                                                    $5,550,000

tax at 34%(34%*$5,550,000)            ($1,887,000)

Net income                                          $3,663,000.

Company's worth= $3,663,000/15%

                             =$24,420,000