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Valuation and
Financing
Chapter Objectives
Understand the relationship between leverage, beta
and the cost of capital.
Explain the unlevering and levering of beta for
calculating the cost of capital.
Discuss the utility and limitations of WACC in
evaluating an investment project.
Compare the free cash flow (FCF) approach and the
capital cash flow (CCF) approach of investment
evaluation.
Focus on the advantages of using the adjusted present
value (APV) approach in project evaluation.
Explain the methodology for determining the value of
the firm and the value of equity.
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Equity Beta and Cost of Equity
Equity beta of a levered firm:
D
e a ( a d )
E
Cost of equity of a levered firm with risky debt as follows:
D
ke rf rp a a d
E
We can rewrite Equation as follows to decompose risk premium into
business risk and financial risk:
D
ke rf rp a rp a d
E
You may notice that shareholders of the levered firm demand
premium equal to rpβa for assuming the business risk and additional
premium equal to rp(βa – βd)D/E for assuming the financial risk.