a. What is the firm's weighted average cost of capital? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Debt Common equity Weighted average cost of capital Weighted Cost % % An outside consultant has suggested that because debt is cheaper than equity, the firm should switch to a capital 50 percent debt and 50 percent equity. Under this new and more debt-oriented arrangement, the aftertax cost of debt is 9.00 percent, and the cost of con the form of retained earnings) is 17.00 percent. Debt Common equity Weighted average cost of capital b. Recalculate the firm's weighted average cost of capital. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Weighted Cost % %

a. What is the firm's weighted average cost of capital? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Debt Common equity Weighted average cost of capital Weighted Cost % % An outside consultant has suggested that because debt is cheaper than equity, the firm should switch to a capital 50 percent debt and 50 percent equity. Under this new and more debt-oriented arrangement, the aftertax cost of debt is 9.00 percent, and the cost of con the form of retained earnings) is 17.00 percent. Debt Common equity Weighted average cost of capital b. Recalculate the firm's weighted average cost of capital. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Weighted Cost % %

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Richmond Clinic has obtained the following estimates for its costs of debt and equity at various capital structures: After-Tax Percent Cost of Cost of Debt Debt Equity 0% 16% 20% 6.6% 17% 40% 7.8% 19% 60% 10.2% 22% 80% 14.0% 27% What is the firms optimal capital structure? Please provide your answers in the following format: xx% Note: no decimals required. What percent equity? 15% What percent debt? 40%
c. What will the marginal cost of capital be immediately after that point? (Equity will remain at 45 percent of the capital structure, but will all be in the form of new common stock, Kn.) Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Marginal cost of capital % d. The 5.0 percent cost of debt referred to above applies only to the first $36 million of debt. After that, the cost of debt will be 8.5 percent. At what size capital structure will there be a change in the cost of debt? Note: Enter your answer in millions of dollars (e.g., $10 million should be entered as "10"). Capital structure size (Z) million e. What will the marginal cost of capital be immediately after that point? (Consider the facts in both parts cand d.) Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Marginal cost of capital %
Assume that Firms U and L are in the same risk class and that both have EBIT=$500,000. Firm U uses no debt financing, and its cost of equity is rsU=14%. Firm L has $1 million of debt outstanding at a cost of rd=8%. There are no taxes. Assume that the MM assumptions hold. Graph (a) the relationships between capital costs and leverage as measured by D/V and (b) the relationship between V and D. Now assume that Firms L and U are both subject to a 40% corporate tax rate. Using the data given in Part b, repeat the analysis called for in b(1) and b(2) using assumptions from the MM model with taxes.
URGENT PLEASE d. Calculate the firm's weighted average cost of capital using the capital structure weights shown in the following table . (Round answer to the nearest 0.01%)
Assume there are two firms with a MV of $50,000,000. Firm A consists of 10% debt and 90% equity. Firm B consists of 40% debt and 60% equity. Assume perfect capital markets and M&M Proposition 2 holds. Which firm will have a higher expected return for equity holders? Why? For the toolhar prace ALT+F10/PC or ALT+FN+F10 (Mac).
Consider the following data for the firms Acme and Apex: Acme Apex Required: Equity Debt ($ million) ($ million) 210 1,050 105 350 ROC Cost of Capital (*) (%) 17% 9% 15% 10% a-1. Calculate the economic value added for Acme and Apex. a-2. Which firm has the higher economic value added? b-1. Calculate the economic value added per dollar of invested capital for Acme and Apex. b-2. Which firm has the higher economic value added per dollar of invested capital? Answer is not complete. Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. Required A1 Required A2 Required B1 Required B2 Calculate the economic value added for Acme and Apex. Note: Enter your answers in millions rounded to 2 decimal places. Economic value added for Acme million Economic value added for Apex million
Evans Technology has the following capital structure. Debt Common equity 35% 65 The aftertax cost of debt is 7.50 percent, and the cost of common equity (in the form of retained earnings) is 14.50 percent. a. What is the firm's weighted average cost of capital? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Debt Common equity Weighted average cost of capital Weighted Cost % % An outside consultant has suggested that because debt is cheaper than equity, the firm should switch to a capital structure that is 50 percent debt and 50 percent equity. Under this new and more debt-oriented arrangement, the aftertax cost of debt is 8.50 percent, and the cost of common equity (in the form of retained earnings) is 16.50 percent. Debt Common equity Weighted average cost of capital b. Recalculate the firm's weighted average cost of capital. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal…
Review this situation: Universal Exports Inc. is trying to identify its optimal capital structure. Universal Exports Inc. has gathered the following financial information to help with the analysis. Debt Ratio 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% Equity Ratio 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% Id 7.00% 7.20% 7.70% 11.40% 8.90% 12.20% 10.30% 13.50% Is WACC 10.50% 8.61% 10.80% 8.21% 8.01% 8.08% 8.38% Which capital structure shown in the preceding table is Universal Exports Inc.'s optimal capital structure? Debt ratio = 70%; equity ratio = 30% Debt ratio 50%; equity ratio = 50% Debt ratio = 30%; equity ratio = 70% Debt ratio = 40%; equity ratio = 60% Debt ratio= 60%; equity ratio = 40%
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An outside consultant has suggested that because debt is cheaper than equity, the firm should switch to a capital structure that is 50 percent debt and 50 percent equity. Under this new and more debt-oriented arrangement, the aftertax cost of debt is 9.00 percent, and the cost of common equity (in the form of retained earnings) is 17.00 percent. b. Recalculate the firm's weighted average cost of capital. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Debt Common equity Weighted average cost of capital Weighted Cost % 0.00 %
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