Assume that Zonk is a potential leveraged buyout candidate. Assume that the buyer intends to put in place a capital structure that has 70 percent debt with a pretax borrowing cost of 14 percent and 30 percent common equity. Compute the revised equity beta for Zonk based on the new capital structure
a. 4.35
b. 4.77
c. 4.34
d. 3.91
B
Levered market equity beta = unlevered market equity beta (1 + (1-t) [MV debt\MV equity])
==1.13*(1+(1-.35)[.70/.30]=4.35
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