Question

Dinklage Corp. has 5 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $71, and the book value per share is $10. The company also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $80 million, a coupon rate of 4 percent, and sells for 96 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $65 million, a coupon rate of 3 percent, and sells for 108 percent of par. The first issue matures in 20 years, the second in 9 years. Both bonds make semiannual coupon payments.

a.	What are the company's capital structure weights on a book value basis? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 4 decimal places, e.g., .1616.)
b.	What are the company’s capital structure weights on a market value basis? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 4 decimal places, e.g., .1616.)

   

  

c.	Which are more relevant, the book or market value weights?
	Market value Book value

Answer 1