Use the Following Information to Answer the Question(s)below

question 21

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below.
Taggart Transcontinental pays no dividends,but spent $4 billion on share repurchases last year.Taggart's equity cost of capital is 13% and the amount spent on repurchases is expected to grow by 5% per year.Taggart currently has 2 billion shares outstanding.
-Taggart's market capitalization is closest to:

• A)$25 billion.
• B)$31 billion.
• C)$40 billion.
• D)$50 billion.

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Definitions:

Equity Offering

Refers to the process by which companies raise capital by issuing new shares of stock to investors.

Best Efforts Underwriting

An agreement in which an underwriter commits to do their best to sell as much of an offering as possible, but does not guarantee the sale of all the securities being offered.

Underwriting

The process by which an individual or institution takes on financial risk for a fee, such as issuing insurance policies or bringing a new security issue to the market.

Spread

The difference between two prices, rates, or yields, often measuring the gap between bid and ask prices or between interest rates.