Friday, December 20, 2019

Finance Chapter 15 #6 Costs of Financial Distress - Steinberg Corporation and Dietrich Corporation are identical firms

Chapter 15

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#6
Steinberg Corporation and Dietrich Corporation are identical firms except Dietrich is more levered.

Chance of current expansion 80% (EBIT $2.9M)
Chance of recession 20% (EBIT $950k)
Steinberg Debt 825k
Dietrich Debt 1.3M
Discount rate 14%

Key points: Since Dietrich's debt is greater than recession EBIT, need to have a 0 (see formula C25)

Answer B is the sum of both market values (debt and equity) for each firm.






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