Zambezi Corp. expects EBIT to vary with the state of the economy as follows: State of economy EBIT (in $ million) Boom 560 Base 125 Bust -200 Zambezi doesn't have any long-term debt and has 89 million shares outstanding, currently trading at $8.73. Because of political connections, it doesn't pay any taxes.   What are the expected earnings per share (EPS) during a boom? What are the expected earnings per share (EPS) during a bust? Zambezi now issues bonds worth $41 million to buy back some shares. How many shares are outstanding after the restructuring (in million)? The interest rate on the debt is 4%. What are the expected earnings per share (EPS) during a boom after the restructuring? What are the expected earnings per share (EPS) during a bust after the restructuring?

HiLo, Inc., doesn't face any taxes and has $255.4 million in assets, currently financed entirely with equity. Equity is worth $16 per share, and book value of equity is equal to market value of equity. Also, let's assume that the firm's expected values for EBIT depend upon which state of the economy occurs this year, with the possible values of EBIT and their associated probabilities as shown below: State Probability of state Expected EBIT in state Pessimistic 0.45 $ 1,660,100 $ Optimistic 0.55 $ 16,856,400 The firm is considering switching to a 20-percent-debt capital structure, and has determined that it would have to pay a 12 percent yield on perpetual debt in either event. What will be the level of expected EPS if the firm switches to the proposed capital structure? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places.) Expected EPS

Lo, Incorporated doesn't face any taxes and has $150 million in assets, currently financed entirely with equity. Equity is worth $7 per hare, and book value of equity is equal to market value of equity. Also, let's assume that the firm's expected values for EBIT depend bon which state of the economy occurs this year, with the possible values of EBIT and their associated probabilities as shown below: State Probability of state Expected EBIT in state Pessimistic 0.45 $5 million Expected EPS Optimistic 0.55 $ 19 million The firm is considering switching to a 40-percent-debt capital structure, and has determined that it would have to pay a 12 percent vield on perpetual debt in either event. What will be the level of expected EPS if the firm switches to the proposed capital structure? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places.

A recession is anticipated to lower GDP by 4.0%. Orange Inc. believes that its sales will drop 2.0% under these conditions. Orange currently has a Return on Assets of 8% and its annual Fixed Costs are 20% of its assets. Orange is completely financed by equity. (a) Discuss if Orange is a cyclical company. (b) Calculate the effect of the recession on Orange’s stock return. (c) How would your results be different if Orange were partly debt-financed?

Consider a company with $10mm in net income, $100mm in revenue, $5mm in interest expense, $6mm in depreciation and amortization expense.  It paid $5mm in taxes.  Smart investors believe that similar companies have enterprise values equal to 8.5x EBITDA.  The company has $65mm in debt outstanding.  It has $20 mm in accounts payable.  What do you think smart investors believe the total equity value is?     $221mm   $136mm   $171mm   $300mm   $156mm   $100mm

Suppose you live in the Fama-French three-factor model world. Goldman Sachs is selling two derivative securities to your company. Both will pay 100 million dollars over a 10 year period. Assume time value of money is zero.   Security A will pay out cash that is positively correlated with economic indicators, thus paying out more when economy is booming and less when economy is tanking.   Security B will pay out cash that is negatively correlated with economic indicators, thus paying out more when economy is tanking and less when economy is booming.   What should be the fair valuation of these two securities at the start of this 10 year period.   A<100 million; B>100 million   A=B   Both are smaller than 100 million and A<B   Both securities should be priced lower than 100 millions. But A>B

(Use the following information for the next three questions). Consider a world with taxes but no other market imperfections. BLT machinery has a debt to equity ratio of 2/3. Its cost of equity is 20%, cost of debt is 4%, and tax rate is 35%. Assume that the risk-free rate is 4%, and market risk premium is 8%. Suppose the firm repurchases stock and finances the repurchase with debt, causing its debt to equity ratio to change to 3/2. What is the firm's new cost of equity? None of the choices New cost of equity is 26.05% New cost of equity is 23.59% New cost of equity is 16.32% New cost of equity is 28.00%

Wolfrum Technology (WT) has no debt. Its assets will be worth $467 million one year from now if the economy is strong, but only $295 million in one year if the economy is weak. Both events are equally likely. The market value today of its assets is $291 million. a. What is the expected return of WT stock without leverage? b. Suppose the risk-free interest rate is 5%. If WT borrows $139 million today at this rate and uses the proceeds to pay an immediate cash dividend, what will be the market value of its equity just after the dividend is paid, according to MM? c. What is the expected return of WT stock after the dividend is paid in part (b)? a. The unievered expected return of WT stock is (Round to two decimal places)

Suppose that you have 1.5 million rupees to invest in the stock market. Given that people will always have to eat, you have decided to look for investment opportunities in Pakistan Petroleum Ltd. (PPL) and Attock Refinery Ltd. (ATORL). Your analysis of cach company's financial statements reveals that both have negative working capital, and both have current ratio of less than 1 to 1. Based on your findings, should you be concerned about the short-term liquidity of these two companies? Explain.

Assume an M&M world with taxes. Your company's EBIT is currently $20,000,000, and EBIT is expected to remain constant over time (zero growth). The company pays out all of its earnings each year, so its earnings per share equals its dividends per share. The firm has 6,000,000 shares outstanding. The risk-free rate in the economy is 2.5 percent, and the market risk premium is 5.0 percent. The company's beta is currently 1.50. And, of course, the tax rate is 40%. Currently, the firm as no debt outstanding. The company decided to issue $X million worth of debt, and to use the proceeds to repurchase shares in the open market. When the announcement of the debt issue was made yesterday, the stock price reacted appropriately, increasing by 8%. The firm then issued the debt and repurchased the shares as planned. What is the final beta of the firm's equity? You should use all M&M assumptions for this answer. Answer in X.XX format. For example, a final beta of 1.0356 should be entered as 1.04.