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You are going to value Lauryn’s Doll Co. using the FCF model. After consulting various sources, you find that Lauryn's has a reported equity beta of 1.4, a debt-to-equity ratio of .5, and a tax rate of 21 percent. Based on this information, what is the asset beta for Lauryn’s? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
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Asset beta=Equity beta/(1+[(1-tax rate)*Debt to equity])
=1.4/(1+[(1-21%)*0.5])
=1.4/(1+0.395)
=1.0
Asset beta=1.0