Question

"Dream, Inc., has debt outstanding with a face value of $4 million. The value of the firm if it were entirely financed by equity would be $18.6 million. The company also has 510,000 shares of stock outstanding that sell at a price of $31 per share. The corporate tax rate is 35 percent. What is the decrease in the value of the company due to expected bankruptcy costs

Answer 1

expected bankruptcy costs = $190000

Step-by-step explanation:

given data

face value = $4 million

equity = $18.6 million

stock outstanding = 510000 shares

sell price = $31 per share

corporate tax rate = 35 percent

to find out

decrease in the value of the company due to expected bankruptcy costs

solution

we get here value of levered firmed by M & M proportion

value of levered firm = value of equity + value of debit

value of levered firm = $18.6 million + 35% ( $4 million)

value of levered firm = $20 million

and

now we get total market value of firm that is

total market value of firm = market value of equity + market value of debit

total market value of firm = $31 ( 510000 ) + $4 million

total market value of firm = $19810000

so expected bankruptcy costs are here as

expected bankruptcy costs = $20 million - $19810000

expected bankruptcy costs = $190000