Question: firm has only 2 assets on its balance sheet with the below market values and CAPM betas. The risk free rate is 3% pa and
firm has only 2 assets on its balance sheet with the below market values and CAPM betas. The risk free rate is 3% pa and the market risk premium is 5% pa. Assume that the CAPM is correct and all assets are fairly priced.
| Item | Market Value | Beta |
| Cash Asset | 0.5 | 0 |
| Truck Asset | 0.5 | 2 |
| Loan liabilities | 0.25 | 0.1 |
| Equity Funding | ? | ? |
Which of the following statement is not correct?
a. Firm's market value of equity is $0.75m and debt to assets ratio is 25%
b. Equity beta is 1.4
c. Equity return id 10% pa. d. required return is 10% pa.
d. required return of debt is 3.5% pa.
e. WACC before tax is 8% pa
If the firm then pays off (retires) all of its loan liabilities using its cash. Ignore interest tax shields. Which of the following statements is not correct?
a. $0.25 decrease in loans to zero and cash to $0.25m.
b. Rise in thr asset beta to 1.333333 and required return on assets (or WACC before tax) to 9.666667% pa.
c. rise in the equity beta to 2 and required return on equity to 13% pa
d. Fall in the debt to assets ratio to zero
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