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No. of shares issued: 80 million
Current price per share: $1.20
Dividend just paid: $0.06
Dividend growth rate: 5% per annum
No. of bonds issued: 50,000
Par value of each bond: $1,000
Coupon rate: 5%
Current yield to maturity: 4.5%
Time to maturity: 3 years
Market data:
10-year government bond yield: 2%
Equity risk premium: 5%
Corporate tax rate: 20%
(a) Employ the dividend growth model to determine FLG’s cost of
equity.
(b) Use the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) to determine FLG’s
cost of equity.
(c) Discuss the suitability of the dividend growth model and the
capital asset pricing model (CAPM) based on the assumptions used to
compute the cost of equity.
(d) Compute FLG’s weighted average cost of capital.
(e) Explain why the cost of equity is greater than the cost of
debt.
(f) Discuss whether changing the capital structure can lead to
reduction in FLG’s cost of capital and increase the value of the
company.