Please me with this question,Founded 25 years ago by CEO Steve Robertson, Robertson Real Estate (RRE) purchases commercial real estate (land and buildings), rents both to tenants.The company has shown consistent annual profitsover the past 18 years, and shareholders have beenpleasedwith the company's management. Before he started RRE, Steve was also the founder and CEO of a now bankrupt Ostrich farm. This previous bankruptcy has made him extremely reluctant to undertake any type of debt financing, and he has financed the real estate company 100% with equity. Robertson Real Estate stock currently trades at $37.80 per share and has 8 million shares of common stock outstanding.

The company has been reviewing an opportunity to purchase a large segment of land in the southeastern United States for $85 million and plans to lease this property to one or more farming operations. The land purchase is expected to increase RRE'sannual pretax earnings by $14.125 million in perpetuity. RaylynneGivins, the company's new CFO, determined the company's current cost of capital is 10.2%. She feels the company would be more valuable if it added some debt to its capital structure, so she is evaluating whether the company should issue debt to fully finance the project.

Based on conversations with several investment banks, Raylynne believes RRE can issue bonds at par value with a 6% coupon rate. Her analysis suggests a capital structure using 70% equity / 30% debt would be optimal. If the company's debt structure exceeds 30%, RRE's bond rating would be lower and require a significantly higher coupon due to the increased exposure to financial distress and the associated higher financing costs. RRE has a combined state and federal corporate tax rate of 23%.

QUESTIONSSuppose RRE decides to issue debt to finance the purchase.

a.What will be the market value of RRE if the purchase if financed with debt?

b.Construct RRE's market value balance sheet after both the debt issue and the land purchase. What is the price per share of the firm's stock?

4.Which method of financing maximizes the per-share stock price of RRE'sequity?Suppose RRE decides to issue debt to finance the purchase.

a.What will be the market value of RRE if the purchase if financed with debt?

b.Construct RRE's market value balance sheet after both the debt issue and the land purchase. What is the price per share of the firm's stock?

4.Which method of financing maximizes the per-share stock price of RRE'sequity?

Answer rating: 100% (QA)

To solve this problem we need to use the concepts of capital structure and the value of the firm Given information RRE has 8 million shares of common ... View the full answer