Hoy plc has a profit before interest and taxes of £ 900,000...

Hoy plc has a profit before interest and taxes of $£ 900,000$ per year thatge 451 is expected to continue in perpetuity. The unlevered cost of equity for the company is 17 per cent, and the corporate tax rate is 20 per cent. The company also has a perpetual bond issue outstanding with a market value of $£ 2$ million. What is the value of the company?

Key Concepts

Unlevered Firm Valuation

Unlevered firm valuation estimates the value of a company as if it were financed solely by equity, excluding the effects of debt and financial leverage. It is calculated by taking the after?tax operating income and dividing it by the unlevered cost of equity, which represents the required return on assets in a no-debt scenario.

Cost of Capital

The cost of capital represents the rate of return required by investors, reflecting the risks associated with the company's cash flows. In this context, the unlevered cost of equity is used because it excludes financial risk related to debt, providing a pure measure of the return expected on the company’s assets.

Perpetuity Valuation

This concept involves valuing a stream of cash flows that is expected to continue indefinitely. In the context of valuation, a perpetuity is typically valued by dividing the annual cash flow by the appropriate discount rate, reflecting the idea that the cash flows have no end date.

Debt Tax Shield

The debt tax shield is the benefit arising from the tax deductibility of interest expenses on debt. In firm valuation, it is recognized by adding the present value of the tax shield (usually calculated as the tax rate multiplied by the debt amount, under certain assumptions) to the unlevered firm's value, thereby increasing the total value of the levered firm.

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