ook int Consider the table shown below to answer the question posed in part a. Parts b and c are independent of the given table. Number of Callaway Golf (ELY) Alaska Air Group (ALK) Yum! Brands (YUM) Caterpillar Tractor (CAT) Microsoft (MSFT) Share (millions) X Stock Price Market Capitalization ($ millions) 94.2 X 27.30 123.7 X 50.70 301.7 543.3 7,560 103.07 X 186.66 $ 2,572 $ 6,272 $ 31,096 $ 101,412 X 242.12 $ 1,830,427 Check my w ences a. The price of Yum! Brands stock has risen to $160. What is the market value of the firm's equity if the number of outstanding shares does not change? Note: Enter your answer in dollars not in billions of dollars. b. The rating agency has revised Catalytic Concepts' bond rating to AA (use Table 2.2). What interest rate, approximately, would th company now need to pay on its bonds? Note: Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place. c. A farmer and a meatpacker use the commodity markets to reduce their risk. One agrees to buy live cattle in the future at a fixed price, and the other agrees to sell. Which one sells? a. Market value b. Interest rate 54,384 17% 1 of 4 Next > Problem 2-18 Functions of Financial Markets (LO3) Consider the table shown below to answer the question posed in part a. Parts b and c are independent of the given table. Callaway Golf (ELY) Alaska Air Group (ALK) Yum! Brands (YUM) Caterpillar Tractor (CAT) Microsoft (MSFT) Number of Share (millions) Market Capitalization X Stock Price ($ millions) 94.2 X 27.30 123.7 X 50.70 301.7 543.3 7,560 X 103.07 E X X 186.66 242.12 $ 2,572 $ 6,272 $ 31,096 $ 101,412 $ 1,830,427 a. The price of Yum! Brands stock has risen to $160. What is the market value of the firm's equity if the number of outstanding shares does not change? Note: Enter your answer in dollars not in billions of dollars. b. The rating agency has revised Catalytic Concepts bond rating to AA (use Table 2.2). What interest rate, approximately, would the company now need to pay on its bonds? Note: Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place. c. A farmer and a meatpacker use the commodity markets to reduce their risk. One agrees to buy live cattle in the future at a fixed Prev 1 of 4 PERSAL Next > Microsoft (MSFT) 77560 242.12 $1,836,421 Es for indicate completion. Return to question a. The price of Yum! Brands stock has risen to $160. What is the market value of the firm's equity if the number of outstanding shares does not change? Note: Enter your answer in dollars not in billions of dollars. b. The rating agency has revised Catalytic Concepts bond rating to AA (use Table 2.2). What interest rate, approximately, would the company now need to pay on its bonds? Note: Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 1 decimal place. c. A farmer and a meatpacker use the commodity markets to reduce their risk. One agrees to buy live cattle in the future at a fixed price, and the other agrees to sell. Which one sells? Answer is complete but not entirely correct. a. Market value $ 54,536 b. Interest rate 1.6 % c. Which one sells? A farmer Prev 1 of 4 Next