Question

Rolodex Inc. is in the process of determining its capital budget for the next fiscal year. The firm’s current capital structure, which it considers to be optimal, is contained in the following balance sheet:

Note: For this problem, use the book value of the items to get the capital structure. However, you normally want to use the market values. Long-term debt is the only debt capital structure account. Add common stock, capital in excess of par, and RE to get common equity.

Rolodex Inc. Balance Sheet (in Millions of Dollars)
	Current assets		$	105			Accounts payable		$	35
	Fixed assets			255			Other current liabilities			25
	Total assets		$	360			Long-term debt			90
							Preferred stock			60
							Common stock (15 million shares at par)			15
							Contributed capital in excess of par			30
							Retained earnings			105
							Total liabilities and equity		$	360

Discussions between the firm’s financial officers and the firm’s investment and commercial bankers have yielded the following information:

• Rolodex can borrow $30 million from its bank at a pretax cost of 11 percent.
• Rolodex can borrow $25 million by issuing bonds at a net price of $875 per bond. The bonds would carry a 13 percent coupon rate and mature in 15 years.
• Additional debt can be issued at a 16 percent pretax cost
• Preferred stock can be issued at a pretax cost of 18 percent.
• Rolodex expects to generate $120 million in net income and pay $2.15 per share in dividends.

Hint: RE = Net income - total common dividends.There are 15m shares shown as outstanding in the balance sheet.

• The $2.15 per share dividend (D₁) represents a growth of 5.5 percent over the previous year’s dividend. This growth rate is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. The firm’s stock currently is trading at $16 per share.
• Rolodex can raise external equity by selling common stock at a net price of $14 per share.
• Rolodex’s marginal tax rate is 40 percent.

Round your answers to two decimal places. 10.12% would be entered as 10.12

• What is the weight on debt?   %
• What is the after-tax cost of debt for the second class of debt?  %
• What is the internal cost of equity?   %
• What is the external cost of equity?   %
• Does debt or equity have the lowest breakpoint? Enter debt or equity.

• Compute Rolodex’s marginal cost of capital schedule.

  	Weighted marginal cost of capital
  First increment:	%
  Second increment:	%
  Third increment:	%
  Additional funds:	%

Answer 1

(a)Total debt on balance sheet = $90 Million

Total market value of equity = 15 Million shares * $16 per share = $240 Million

Total preferred Stock = $60 Million

Total capital = 240+60+90 = $390 Million

Weight of debt = 90/390 = 0.2308 = 23.08%

(b) Pretax cost of debt for second class of debt =RATE(nper,pmt,pv,fv)

where nper =15,pmt=13%*1000 = 130, pv=875 and fv =1000

Pretax cost of debt for second class of debt = RATE(15,130,-875,1000) = 15.15%

After tax cost of debt for the second class = 15.15*(1-tax rate) = 15.15*(1-0.4) = 9.09%

(c) Internal cost of equity = D1/P0 + g

= 2.15/16 +0.055 = 18.94% (We use the current share price of $16 for internal equity)

(d) External cost of equity, we use the new issue share price of $14.50

External cost of equity = 2.15/14.50+0.055 = 0.2033 = 20.33%

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