Consider the table shown below to answer the question posed in part a. Parts b and c are independent of the given table. Market Capitalization Number of Share (millions) 94.2 ($ millions) 123.7 301.7 543.3 7,560 Callaway Golf (ELY) Alaska Air Group (ALK) Yum! Brands (YUM) Caterpillar Tractor (CAT) Microsoft (MSFT) a. Market value b. Interest rate c. Which one sells? A farmer X Stock Price X X X X X 55.814.500.000 27.30 50.70 103.07 186.66 242.12 1.6 % = = || || || = a. The price of Yum! Brands stock has risen to $185. What is the market value of the firm's equity if the number of outstanding shares does not change? Note: Enter your answer in dollars not in billions of dollars. 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? Note: Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place. 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? = $ 2,572 $ 6,272 $ 31,096 $ 101,412 $ 1,830,427 TABLE 2.2 Interest rates on long-term corporate bonds, October 2020. The interest rate is lowest for top-quality (AAA and AA) issuers. The rate rises as credit quality declines. Credit Rating AAA AA A BBB BB B Interest Rate 1.6% 1.6 1.7 2.4 4.2 5.6 Source: ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch indices.