5. The following table shows the parameters for three publicly
traded firms operating in the same industry. Snakepit Trading Co. is
a private firm also operating in that same industry. Its capital
structure is 12% debt and 88% equity, the beta of debt is 0.27, and
the tax rate is 19%. Given the values in the table, what is Snakepit's
beta of equity?
a. 1.08
b. 1.4
c. 1.16
d. 1.24
e. 1.32
D/V
βĻ
βε
Bo
RD
RE
Ro
WACC
Firm 1
0.40
0.18
1.95
1.33
3.8%
15.7%
11.5%
10.7%
Firm 2
0.59
0.10
1.44
0.72 3.3%
12.2%
7.4%
6.6%
Firm 3
0.51
0.14
2.41
1.37 3.5%
18.7%
11.8%
10.6%
Average
0.50
0.14
1.93
1.14 3.5% 15.5%
10.2%
9.3%