Information regarding Kroger Company, and four industry competitors is shown below, on December 12, 2007. Company Equity

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Information regarding Kroger Company, and four industry competitors is shown below, on December 12, 2007.







CompanyEquity betaInterest-Bearing DebtMarket value equity

Kroger Company 1.05 $ 6,674.0 $ 17,690.8

Safeway Inc. 0.49 5,897.9 15,236.3

Supervalu Inc. 1.17 8,936.0 8,054.3

Whole Foods Markets 1.16 760.9 5,762.1

Winn Dixie Stores Inc. 2.56 160.1 916.8.


















a.Estimate the industry asset beta, weighting each company by its proportion of total market value of equity.






b.Relever the industry asset beta to reflect Kroger's capital structure, and to make another (industry-informed) estimate of Kroger's equity beta.
Capital Structure
Capital structure refers to a company’s outstanding debt and equity. The capital structure is the particular combination of debt and equity used by a finance its overall operations and growth. Capital structure maximizes the market value of a...
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