Filer Manufacturing has 6 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $72, and the book value per share is $7. The company also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value $70 million, a coupon of 7 percent, and sells for 97 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $50 million, a coupon of 8 percent, and sells for 106 percent of par. The first issue matures in 22 years, the second in 6 years.
a. What are the company's capital structure weights on a book value basis? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 4 decimal places, e.g., 32.1616.)
Equity / Value=
Debt / Value=
b. What are the company's capital structure weights on a market value basis? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 4 decimal places, e.g., 32.1616.)
Equity / Value=
Debt / Value =
c. Which are more relevant?
Market value weights or Book value weights?