问题如下:
A firm's assets are currently valued at $700 million, its current liabilities are $120 million, and long-term liabilities are $300 million. The standard deviation of expected asset value is $76 million. Assume the firm has no other debt and that the ratio of long-term-liabilities-to-short-term-liabilities is less than 1.5. What will be the appropriate distance to default measure when utilizing Moody’s KMV Credit Monitor Model?
选项: 9.21 standard deviations.
5.66 standard deviations.
C.3.68 standard deviations.
D.1.87 standard deviations.
解释:
B The KMV calculation is as follows:
Distance to default = (asset value - liability value) /standard deviation of asset value
Liability value = short-term (or current) liabilities + 0.5 x long-term liabilities
Distance to default = [$700m - ($120m + 0.5 x $300m)] /$76m
Distance to default = 5.66 standard deviations
因为L/S debt ratio 适用公式错误,结果应该是4.39吧