Heavy Metal Corporation (HMC) is a leader in ship building industry. It is considering building a...

  

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Heavy Metal Corporation (HMC) is a leader in ship building industry. It is considering building a new shipyard facility. Currently, there is no outstanding debt in company's balance sheet. The new project will be financed by issuing new equity only. We have the following information about the company's equity and the stock market. The company's share is now trading at $100. The company paid dividend of $16 per share last year. The market expects that the comnany will maintain this dividend amount in the foreseeable future. The beta (B) of the company's shares is 1.25. The expected market return is 13% and the yield to maturity of government debt is 4%. a. Compute the cost of equity by the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). b. Compute the cost of equity by the dividend growth model (DGM). c. As the CFO of the company, you find that you have different values of the cost of equity by CAPM and DGM. How do you determine the cost of equity? Explain. d. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of CAPM and DGM. e. The project manager of HMC suggests that the company should use more debt rather than equity to finance this project since debt is cheaper than equity. Will you take this advice?" Explain your answer by using M&M capital structure theory. Heavy Metal Corporation (HMC) is a leader in ship building industry. It is considering building a new shipyard facility. Currently, there is no outstanding debt in company's balance sheet. The new project will be financed by issuing new equity only. We have the following information about the company's equity and the stock market. The company's share is now trading at $100. The company paid dividend of $16 per share last year. The market expects that the comnany will maintain this dividend amount in the foreseeable future. The beta (B) of the company's shares is 1.25. The expected market return is 13% and the yield to maturity of government debt is 4%. a. Compute the cost of equity by the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). b. Compute the cost of equity by the dividend growth model (DGM). c. As the CFO of the company, you find that you have different values of the cost of equity by CAPM and DGM. How do you determine the cost of equity? Explain. d. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of CAPM and DGM. e. The project manager of HMC suggests that the company should use more debt rather than equity to finance this project since debt is cheaper than equity. Will you take this advice?" Explain your answer by using M&M capital structure theory.