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belong to the same risk class and are identical in every fashion
except that April uses debt while May does not. The levered company has Rs.7, 00,000 debentures carrying
12% rate of interest. Both the firms earn 18% before interest and taxes on their total assets of Rs.20 lakh.
Assume perfect capital markets, rational investors and so on. Both companies pay tax at 40%. Capitalization
rate for an all equity company is 16%.
approach.
b. Using the MM approach, compute the overall capitalization rate for both the companies.
c. Identify which of the two companies has an optimal capital structure according to the MM approach; give
reasons for your answer
2. There are two firms Alpha and Beta similar in all respects except in the degree of leverage employed by
them. From the financial data given below, you are required to calculate the average cost of capital for both the
firms as per the Net Income approach. (coc= 10%, 9.12%)
Alpha Beta
Net operating income 20,000 20,000
Interest on debt 0 4,500
Equity earnings 20,000 15,500
Cost of debt capital 7% 7%
Cost of equity capital 10% 10%
Market value of equity 2,00,000 1,55,000
Market value of debt 0 64,286
Total value of the firm 2,00,000 2,19,286
3. A company's expected annual net operating income (EBIT) is Rs.75,000. The company has 1,50,000, 10%
debentures. The equity capitalization rate of the company is 12%. Assuming that there are no taxes you are
required to calculate the value of the firm as well as the total cost of capital. (Rs.6.5 lacs,11.53%)
4. ABC Ltd. and XYZ Ltd. are in the same risk class and are similar in every respect except that ABC Ltd. is a
levered firm, while XYZ Ltd. is unlevered. ABC Ltd. has Rs.12,00,000 debentures worth carrying 12% rate of
interest. Both the firms earn 18% before interest and taxes on their total assets of Rs.22 lakh. Assume a tax rate
of 50% and a capitalization rate of 14% for the unlevered firm. Calculate the value of both the firms using Net
Income approach.(30,00,000 and 28,28751)
5. Phoenix Ltd. has a net operating income of Rs 40 million, Phoenix employs Rs.90 million debt capital
carrying 8% percent interest charge. The equity capitalization rate applicable to Phoenix is 16%. What is the
market value of Phoenix under the net income method? Assume that there is no tax. (Rs.2950 lacs)
6. The following information is available for two firms, Star Ltd and Moon Ltd
7. The management of Stellar Company, subscribing to the net operating income approach, believes that its
cost of debt and overall cost of capital will remain at 10% and 14% respectively. If the equity shareholders
demanded a return of 22%, what should be the proportion of debt and equity in the firm¶s capital structure?
Assume that there are no taxes. (2:1)
8. Two firms Delta Ltd. and Sigma Ltd. are similar in all respects except the degree of leverage employed by
them. From the data given below, calculate the equity capitalization rates for the firms. (14.8%, 16.2%)
10. The management of a firm believes that the cost of equity and debt for different proportions of equity and
debt in the capital structure are as follows: