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Sinaloa Appliance, Inc., a private firm that manufactures home appliances, has hired you to estimate the company’s beta. You have obtained the following equity betas for publicly traded firms that also manufacture home appliances.
($ millions) | |||||||
Firm | Beta | Debt | Market Value of Equity | ||||
iRobot | 0.87 | $0 | $ | 2890 | |||
Middleby's | 1.82 | 741 | 7,370 | ||||
National Presto | 0.07 | 0 | 772 | ||||
Newell Brands | 1.02 | 11,908 | 26,070 | ||||
Whirlpool | 1.72 | 4,485 | 13,770 | ||||
a. Estimate an asset beta for Sinaloa Appliance.
BETA(unlevered firm) or Asset beta = (Equity / ((Equity) + (1 - tax rate)*(DEBT))) * BETA(levered firm)
Beta of unlevered firm means asset beta
beta of levered firm means equity beta
Asset beta of iRobot = (2890 / ((2890) + (1 - 0%)*(0))) * 0.87
=0.87
Asset beta of Middleby's = (7370/ ((7370) + (1 - 0%)*(741))) *1.82
=1.653729503
Asset beta of National presto = (772/ ((772) + (1 - 0%)*(0))) *0.07
=0.07
Asset beta of Newell Brands = (26070/ ((26070) + (1 - 0%)*(11908))) *1.02
=0.700179051
Asset beta of Whirlpool = (13770/ ((13770) + (1 - 0%)*(4485))) *1.72
=1.297419885
Asset beta of Firm Sinaloa Appliances = Average of Asset beta of all companies = Sum of all beta/number of companies
=(0.87+1.653729503+0.07+0.700179051+1.297419885)/5
=0.9182656878
So asset beta of firm is 0.9183