PFE Chapter 19, Capital structure and valuation page 50
Question 12: Does debt always increase corporate value in Upper Fantasia?
Answer: No. It depends on the sizes of the three tax rates T
C
, T
D
, and T
E
. In the example
below, there is a net tax disadvantage to debt—by issuing debt, Smotfooler lowers its market
value and raises its WACC:
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ABC
Upper Fantasia tax system
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van
age:
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D
-
-
E
-
C
16
<-- =
1-B5
-
1-B4
1-B3
o
e
a
van
age:
=
-
D
-
-
E
-
C
-
D
22.86
<-- =B6
1-B5
Unlevered company
Annual free cash flow (FCF)
$2,000,000
Number of shares 100,000
Price per share $100
Total equity value $10,000,000 <-- =B12*B11
Question 1: V
U
, unlevered value of Smotfooler
$10,000,000 <-- =B13
Levered company
Debt issued $3,000,000
Interest rate on debt 8%
Question 2: V
L
, levered value of Smotfooler, V
L
= V
U
+ T*D
$10,685,714 <-- =B15+B7*B18
Question 3: Equity value after share repurchase, E = V
L
- D
$7,685,714
Incremental firm value from exchanging
equity by debt = V
L
- V
U
= T*D
$685,714 <-- =B20-B15
Incremental firm value on a per-share basis $7 <-- =B22/B11
Question 4: New share value, after repurchase $106.86 <-- =B12+B23
Question 5: Number of shares repurchased =
[debt used for repurchase]/[new share value]
28,074.87 <-- =B18/B24
Number of shares remaining after
repurchase = original number of shares
minus number of shares repurchased
71,925.13 <-- =B11-B26
Check: Market value of remaining shares =
number of remaining shares * new share value
$7,685,714 <-- =B27*B24
Question 6: Smotfooler's cost of equity when unlevered,
r
U
=FCF/V
U
20.00%
Annual interest costs, before taxes $240,000 <-- =B18*B19
Annual equity cash flow, after interest = FCF - (1-T
C
)*interest
$1,856,000 <-- =B10-(1-B3)*B32
Question 7: Smotfooler's cost of equity when levered,
r
E
(L)=[FCF-(1-T
C
)*interest]/[value of equity, E]
24.15% <-- =B33/B28
Note: See formula in row 44 below for another
way to compute the levered cost of equity
Question 8: Smotfooler's WACC before the debt issuance = rU 20.00%
Question 9: Smotfooler's WACC after the debt issuance
= r
E
(L)*E/(E+D)+r
D
*(1-TC)*D/(E+D)
Percentage of equity in Smotfooler = E/(E+D) 71.93% <-- =B28/B20
Percentage of debt in Smotfooler = D/(E+D) 28.07% <-- =B18/B20
WACC = r
E
(L)*E/(E+D)+r
D
*(1-T
C
)*D/(E+D)
18.72% <-- =B34*B40+B19*(1-B3)*B41
Additional formula: r
E
(L)=r
U
+[r
U
*(1-T)-r
D
*(1-T
C
))*D/E
24.15% <-- =B30+(B30*(1-B7)-B19*(1-B3))*B18/B21
SMOTFOOLER--DEBT ISSUED TO REPURCHASE SHARES
Smotfooler is located in Upper Fantasia