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A private company is being valued using the 'pure-play' method. The average levered beta of three public comps is 1.20, their average D/E is 0.50, and the tax rate is 20%.

If the target private company will have a D/E of 1.00 and a 20% tax rate, what is its estimated levered beta?

  1. 1.54
  2. 1.20
  3. 1.80
  4. 0.86

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