Question: Consider the table given below to answer the first question (shares and market values in millions). Number of Shares Stock Price = Market Capitalization Callaway

Consider the table given below to answer the first question (shares and market values in millions).

Number of Shares Stock Price = Market Capitalization
Callaway Golf (ELY) 71.00 $ 6.58 = $ 467
Alaska Air Group (ALK) 70.34 $ 57.50 = $ 4,045
Este Lauder (EL) 386.65 $ 65.70 = $ 25,402
Yum! Brands (YUM) 450.73 $ 67.72 = $ 30,523
General Electric (GE) 10,398.00 $ 23.77 = $ 247,160

a. The price of Este Lauder stock has risen to $90. What is the market value of the firms equity? (Enter your answer in billions rounded to 3 decimal places.)

b. The rating agency has revised Catalytic Concepts bond rating to A (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 2 decimal places.)

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?

A farmer

A meatpacker

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