Suppose that a company\'s equity is currently selling for $25.75 per share and t

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Suppose that a company's equity is currently selling for $25.75 per share and that there are 3.7 million shares outstanding and 17 thousand bonds outstanding, which are selling at 96 percent of par. If the firm was considering an active change to their capital structure so that the firm would have a D/E of 1.7, which type of security (stocks or bonds) would they need to sell to accomplish this, and how much would they have to sell? (Round your intermediate ratio to 4 decimal places.)

$40,005,680 in new debt

$54,483,260 in new equity

$54,483,260 in new debt

$14,477,580 in new equity

Explanation / Answer

value of equity = 95,275,000

value of debt = 17000 * 960 = 16,320,000

current debt to equity = 16320k/95275k = 0.1713

new value of debt = 1.7/2.7 * (95,275,000 + 16,320,000) = 70,263,518.52

increase in debt = 70,263,518.52 - 16,320,000 ~ 54 million

so equity should be sold and debt should be brought

Ans: $54,483,260 in new equity

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