Suppose Summa Industries and Cumma Technology have identical assets that generate identical cash flows. Summa Industries is an all-equity firm, with 12 million shares outstanding that trade for a price of $16.00 per share. Cumma Technology has 18 million shares outstanding, as well as debt of $57.60 million. a. According to MM Proposition I, what is the stock price for Cumma Technology? b. Suppose Cumma Technology stock currently trades for $10.74 per share. What arbitrage opportunity is available? What assumptions are necessary to exploit this opportunity?

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Suppose Summa Industries and Cumma Technology have identical assets that generate identical cash flows.
Summa Industries is an all-equity firm, with 12 million shares outstanding that trade for a price of $16.00 per share.
Cumma Technology has 18 million shares outstanding, as well as debt of $57.60 million.
a. According to MM Proposition I, what is the stock price for Cumma Technology?
b. Suppose Cumma Technology stock currently trades for $10.74 per share. What arbitrage opportunity is available?
What assumptions are necessary to exploit this opportunity?
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose Summa Industries and Cumma Technology have identical assets that generate identical cash flows. Summa Industries is an all-equity firm, with 12 million shares outstanding that trade for a price of $16.00 per share. Cumma Technology has 18 million shares outstanding, as well as debt of $57.60 million. a. According to MM Proposition I, what is the stock price for Cumma Technology? b. Suppose Cumma Technology stock currently trades for $10.74 per share. What arbitrage opportunity is available? What assumptions are necessary to exploit this opportunity?
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b. Suppose Cumma Technology stock currently trades for $10.74 per share. What arbitrage opportunity is available?
What assumptions are necessary to exploit this opportunity?
If Cumma Technology stock currently trades for $10.74 per share, an example of an arbitrage opportunity that exists
today which requires no future cash flow obligations would be: (Select from the drop-down menus and round to two
decimal places.
Sell
million shares of
current price of $ and borrow $
at the current price of $
million.
and buy
million shares of
at the
Transcribed Image Text:b. Suppose Cumma Technology stock currently trades for $10.74 per share. What arbitrage opportunity is available? What assumptions are necessary to exploit this opportunity? If Cumma Technology stock currently trades for $10.74 per share, an example of an arbitrage opportunity that exists today which requires no future cash flow obligations would be: (Select from the drop-down menus and round to two decimal places. Sell million shares of current price of $ and borrow $ at the current price of $ million. and buy million shares of at the
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