35. White Sails Inn hired you as a consultant to help estimate its cost of capital. You have What is the cost of equity for this company, White Sails Inn, from retained earnings? been provided with the following data: Do = $0.90; P = $27.50; and g = 8.00%. a) 10.41% b) 10.96% c) 11.53% 12.11%
Cost of Capital
Shareholders and investors who invest into the capital of the firm desire to have a suitable return on their investment funding. The cost of capital reflects what shareholders expect. It is a discount rate for converting expected cash flow into present cash flow.
Capital Structure
Capital structure is the combination of debt and equity employed by an organization in order to take care of its operations. It is an important concept in corporate finance and is expressed in the form of a debt-equity ratio.
Weighted Average Cost of Capital
The Weighted Average Cost of Capital is a tool used for calculating the cost of capital for a firm wherein proportional weightage is assigned to each category of capital. It can also be defined as the average amount that a firm needs to pay its stakeholders and for its security to finance the assets. The most commonly used sources of capital include common stocks, bonds, long-term debts, etc. The increase in weighted average cost of capital is an indicator of a decrease in the valuation of a firm and an increase in its risk.
![35. White Sails Inn hired you as a consultant to help estimate its cost of capital. You have
What is the cost of equity for this company, White Sails Inn, from retained earnings?
been provided with the following data: D, = $0.90; Po= $27.50; and g = 8.00%.
a)
10.41%
b)
10.96%
C)
11.53%
12.11%
40.
36. Royal Hair Salon & Spa has a target debt to equity ratio of 0.55. Its cost of equity is
15.4%, and its pre-tax cost of debt is 7.8%. If the tax rate is 32% what is this
company's WACC?
a) 11.1%
b) 11.5%
c) 11.3%
d) 11.8%
37. A firm has a cost of equity of 13%, a cost of preferred of 11%, and an after-tax cost
of debt of 6%. Given this, which one of the following will increase the firm's
weighted average cost of capital?
a) Increasing the firm's tax rate.
b) Increasing the firm's beta.
c) Increasing the debt-equity ratio.
d) Issuing new bonds at par.
38. Which of the following is true about risk and return?
a) Riskier assets will, on average, earn lower returns.
b) The reward for bearing risk is known as the standard deviation.
c) An increase in the risk of an investment will result in a decreased risk premium.
d) In general, the higher the expected return, the higher the risk.
39. The excess return required from an investment in a risky asset over a risk-free
investment is called
a) risk-free rate of interest
b) market rate of interest
c) risk premium
d) real rate of interest
What should the firm's target capital structure be set to do?
a) Maximize earnings per share (EPS).
b) Minimize the cost of debt.
c) Minimize the cost of equity.
d) Minimize the weighted average cost of capital (WACC.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F68752386-a4c7-4705-ba01-21dfd34f08bd%2Fc158b756-033d-4fb4-96e8-182128f5473a%2Ffa3ophe_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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