Chapter 2 Homework A Saved 1 Consider the table shown below to answer the question posed in part a. Parts b and care independent of the given table. 6 points Number of Share (millions) 94.6 123.4 332.5 147.4 7,705.0 Callaway Golf (ELY) Alaska Air Group (ALK) Yum! Brands (YUM) Caterpillar Tractor (CAT) Microsoft (MSFT) Skipped Market Capitalization ($ millions) $ 1547.66 $ 7645.86 $ 28,305.73 $ 88,090.66 $703,235.35 Stock Price = $ 16.36 $ 61.96 $ 85.13 $597.63 $ 91.27 x X eBook a. The price of Yum! Brands stock has risen to $175. What is the market value of the firm's equity if the number of outstanding shares does not change? (Enter your answer in billions rounded to 3 decimal places.) Print Market value b. The rating agency has revised Catalytic Concepts' bond rating to AA (use Table 2.2). What interest rate, approximately, would the company now need to pay on its bonds? (Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place.) Interest rate % c. A farmer and a meatpacker use the commodity markets to reduce their risk. One agrees to buy live cattle in the future at a fixed price, and the other agrees to sell. Which one sells? Chapter 2 Homework A Saved 1 Consider the table shown below to answer the question posed in part a. Parts b and care independent of the given table. 6 points Number of Share (millions) 94.6 123.4 332.5 147.4 7,705.0 Callaway Golf (ELY) Alaska Air Group (ALK) Yum! Brands (YUM) Caterpillar Tractor (CAT) Microsoft (MSFT) Skipped Market Capitalization ($ millions) $ 1547.66 $ 7645.86 $ 28,305.73 $ 88,090.66 $703,235.35 Stock Price = $ 16.36 $ 61.96 $ 85.13 $597.63 $ 91.27 x X eBook a. The price of Yum! Brands stock has risen to $175. What is the market value of the firm's equity if the number of outstanding shares does not change? (Enter your answer in billions rounded to 3 decimal places.) Print Market value b. The rating agency has revised Catalytic Concepts' bond rating to AA (use Table 2.2). What interest rate, approximately, would the company now need to pay on its bonds? (Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place.) Interest rate % c. A farmer and a meatpacker use the commodity markets to reduce their risk. One agrees to buy live cattle in the future at a fixed price, and the other agrees to sell. Which one sells