Assume Chalktronics is for sale for $500,000 and the firm has the following characteristics:
Cash sales: $600,000 per year forever
Cash costs: 70% of sales
Corporate tax rate: 40%
Unlevered cost of capital (r0): 20%
Both Pentronics and DebtTronics are interested in purchasing Chalktronics.
Pentronics will use no debt financing and DebtTronics will use a target D/E ratio of 10% to finance the acquisition.
A. What is the maximum Pentronics can pay for Chalktronics?
B. What is the maximum DebtTronics can pay for Chalktronics?