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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 1.5, 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.)
Dormula for Asset beta:-
Asset beta = Equity Beta/[1+(1-Tax rate)*(Debt/Equity)]
where, Equity Beta = 1.5
Tax rate = 21%
Debt/Equity = debt-to-equity ratio = 0.5/1
Asset beta = 1.5/[1+(1-0.21)*(0.5)]
Asset beta = 1.5/1.395
Asset beta = 1.08
So, the asset beta for Lauryn’s is 1.08