Your company operates a steel plant. On average, revenues from the plant are $41 million per year.

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Your company operates a steel plant. On average, revenues from the plant are $41 million per year. All of the plants costs are variable costs and are consistently 78% of revenues, including energy costs associated with powering the plant, which represent one quarter of the plant’s costs, or an average of $8 million per year. Suppose the plant has an asset beta of 1.13, the riskfree rate is 4%, and the market risk premium is 4%. The tax rate is 33%, and there are no other costs.

a. Estimate the value of the plant today assuming no growth.

b. Suppose you enter a long-term contract which will supply all of the plant’s energy needs for a fixed cost of $3 million per year (before tax). What is the value of the plant if you take this contract?

c. How would taking the contract in (b) change the plant’s cost of capital? Explain.

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Corporate Finance The Core

ISBN: 9781292158334

4th Global Edition

Authors: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo

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