CAR Inc. will be liquidated in one year. The value of CAR’s assets is currently $650 million, and next year it will be either $825 million or $400 million. Before shareholders can be paid next year, CAR will have to repay $500 million of debt. (I.e. CAR has zero coupon debt outstanding with exactly one year to maturity and a total face value of $500 million.) The risk free rate is 4%.
a) What is the current value of CAR’s equity?
b) What is the current value of CAR’s debt?