Beckman engineering and associates (bea) is considering a change in its capital structure bea currently has $20 million in debt carrying a rate of 8%, and its stock price is $40 per share with 2 millions shares outstanding. bea is a zero growth firm and pays out all of its earnings as dividends. ebit is $14,933 millions, and bea faces a 40% debt, federal plus-rate-tax rate. the market risk premium is 4%, and the risk-free rate is 6%. bea is considering increasing its debt level to a capital structure with 40% debt, based on market values, and repurchasing shares with the extra money that it borrows. bea will have to retire the old debt in order to issue new debt, and the rate on the new debt will be 9%. bea has a beta of 1.0.a- what is bea's unlevered beta? use market value d/s when unlevering. b- what are bea's new beta and cost of equity if it has 40% debt? c- what are bea's wacc and total value of the firm with 40% debt? .report abuse

Suppose you win a small lottery and have the choice of two ways to be paid: you can accept the money in a lump sum or in a series of payments over time. if you pick the lump sum, you get $2,950 today. if you pick payments over time, you get three payments: $1,000 today, $1,000 1 year from today, and $1,000 2 years from today. 1) at an interest rate of 6% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 2) at an interest rate of 9% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 3) years after you win the lottery, a friend in another country calls to ask your advice. by wild coincidence, she has just won another lottery with the same payout schemes. she must make a quick decision about whether to collect her money under the lump sum or the payments over time. what is the best advice to give your friend? a) the lump sum is always better. b) the payments over time are always better. c) it will depend on the interest rate; advise her to get a calculator. d) none of these answers is good advice.