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Consider an entrepreneur with the following investment opportunity. For an initial investment of $1,100 this year, a project will generate cash flows of either $1,650 next year or $1.375 next year. The cash flows depend on whether the economy is strong or weak during the year, with both scenarios being equally likely. The market value of the firm's unlevered equity today is $1,350.45. Investors demand a risk premium over the current risk-free interest rate of 3% to invest in this project. Given the market risk of the investment, the appropriate risk premium is 9%. The entrepreneur decides to raise part of the initial capital using debt. Suppose she funds the project by borrowing $628, in addition to selling equity. The debt is risk-free. a. According to MM Proposition I, what is the value of the levered equity? What are its cash flows if the economy is strong? What are its cash flows if the economy weak? b. What is the retum on equity for the unlevered and the levered investment? What is its expected return for the levered and unlevered investment? c. What is the risk premium of equity for the unlevered and the levered investment? What is the sensitivity of the unlevered and levered equity return systematic risk? How does the levered sensitivity compare the sensitivity of the unlevered squity return to systematic risk? How does its levered risk premium compare to the unlevered risk premium? d. What is the debt-equity ratio of the investment in the levered case? e. What is the firrni's WACC in the lovered case? a. According to MM Proposition I, what is the value of the levered equity? What are its cash flows if the economy is strong? What are its cash flows if the economy is weak? According to MM Proposition, the value of the levered equity is $7(Round to the nearest cent.) If the economy is strong the cash flows are . (Round to the nearest cent.) if the economy weak the cash flows are S. (Round to the nearest cent.) b. What is the retum on equity for the unlevered and the levered investment? What is its expected return for the levered and unlevered investment? The unlevered equity return if the economy is strong is%. (Round to two decimal places.) The unlevered equity return if the economy is weak is % (Round to two decimal places.) The levered equity retum if the economy is strong is % (Round to two decimal places.) The levered equity retum if the economy is weak is % (Round to two decimal places.) The expected retum of the unlevered equity is %. (Round to two decimal places.) The expected retum of the levered equity is%. (Round to two decimal places.) Consider an entrepreneur with the following investment opportunity. For an initial investment of $1,100 this year, a project will generate cash flows of either $1,650 next year or S1,375 next year. The cash flows depend on whether the economy is strong or weak during the year, with both scenarios being equally likely. The market value of the firm's unlevered equity today is $1,350.45. Investors demand a risk premium over the current risk-free interest rate of 3% to invest in this project. Given the market risk of the investment, the appropriate risk premium is 9%. The entrepreneur decides to raise part of the initial capital using debt. Suppose she funds the project by borrowing S628, in addition to selling equity. The debt is risk-free. a. According to MM Proposition I, what is the value of the levered equity? What are its cash flows if the economy is strong? What are its cash flows if the economy is weak? b. What is the return on equity for the unlevered and the levered investment? What is its expected return for the levered and unlevered investment? c. What is the risk premium of equity for the unlevered and the levered investment? What is the sensitivity of the unlevered and levered equity return to systematic risk? How does the levered sensitivity compare to the sensitivity of the unlevered equity return to systematic risk? How does its levered risk premium compare to the unlevered risk premium? d. What is the debt equity ratio of the investment in the levered case? e. What is the firm's WACC in the levered case? THIS CAPOVICU ICWII UIVIS VICTOICU CYWILy ID 1. UT I LITU USVII paves.) The expected return of the levered equity is % (Round to two decimal places.) c. What is the risk premium of equity for the unlevered and the levered investment? What is the sensitivity of the unlevered and levered equity return to systematic risk? How does the levered sensitivity compare to the sensitivity of the unlevered equity return to systematic risk? How does its levered risk premium compare to the unlevered risk premium? The risk premium of the unlevered equity is %. (Round to two decimal places.) The risk premium of the levered equity is %. (Round to two decimal places.) The sensitivity of the unlevered equity return compared to systernatic risk is %. (Round to two decimal places.) The sensitivity of the levered equity retum compared to systematic risk is %. (Round to two decimal places.) The sensitivity of the levered equity retum compared to the sensitivity of the unlevered equity return is times. (Round to one decimal place.) The levered risk premium compared to the unlevered risk premium is times. (Round to one decimal place.) d. What is the debl-equity ratio of the investment in the levered case? The debt-equity ratio of the levered investment is times. (Round to two decimal places.) e. What is the firm's WACC in the levered case? The firm's WACC in this case is %. (Round to two decimal places.)
