Question

Dream, Inc., has debt outstanding with a face value of $6 million. The value of the firm if it were entirely financed by equity would be $17.85 million. The company also has 350,000 shares of stock outstanding that sell at a price of $38 per share. The corporate tax rate is 35 percent. What is the decrease in the value of the company due to expected bankruptcy costs? (Assume that the market value of the debt is the same as the face value of the debt, because the debt has just been issued at today’s market interest rate, that the debt is perpetual, and that in this economy corporate taxes as well as financial distress costs exist.)

Answer 1

$650,000

Step-by-step explanation:

For computing the decrease in the expected bankruptcy costs, first we have to determine the total firm value in each case which is shown below:

Total firm value = Equity + Debt × corporate tax rate

= $17,850,000 + $6,000,000 × 0.35

= $17,850,000 + $2,100,000

= $19,950,000

Now the total firm value based on market share

= Equity + Debt

= 350,000 shares × $38 + $6,000,000

= $13,300,000 + $6,000,000

= $19,300,000

The difference would be

= $19,950,000 million - $19,300,000

= $650,000