Capital Structure Analysis

Pettit Printing Company has a total market value of $100 million, consisting of 1 million shares selling for $50 per share and $50 million of 10% perpetual bonds now selling at par. The company's EBIT is $14.70 million, and its tax rate is 35%. Pettit can change its capital structure either by increasing its debt to 65% (based on market values) or decreasing it to 35%. If it decides to increase its use of leverage, it must call its old bonds and issue new ones with a 13% coupon. If it decides to decrease its leverage, it will call in its old bonds and replace them with new 7% coupon bonds. The company will sell or repurchase stock at the new equilibrium price to complete the capital structure change.

The firm pays out all earnings as dividends; hence, its stock is a zero growth stock. Its current cost of equity, rs, is 14%. If it increases leverage, rs will be 16%. If it decreases leverage, rs will be 13%.

Present situation (50% debt):

What is the firm's WACC? Round your answer to three decimal places.  %

What is the total corporate value? Enter your answer in millions. For example, an answer of $1.2 million should be entered as 1.2, not 1,200,000. Round your answer to three decimal places.

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65% debt:

What is the firm's WACC? Round your answer to two decimal places. %

What is the total corporate value? Enter your answer in millions. For example, an answer of $1.2 million should be entered as 1.2, not 1,200,000. Round your answer to three decimal places.

$ million

35% debt:

What is the firm's WACC? Round your answer to two decimal places.

%

What is the total corporate value? Enter your answer in millions. For example, an answer of $1.2 million should be entered as 1.2, not 1,200,000. Round your answer to three decimal places.

$ million