ABC Co. wants to have a weighted average cost of capital of 10 percent. The firm has an aftertax cost of debt of 4 percent and a cost of equity of 12 percent. What debt-equity ratio is needed for the firm to achieve their targeted weighted average cost of capital? 0.5 0.33 0.67 0.25 0.75

ABC Co. wants to have a weighted average cost of capital of 10 percent. The firm has an aftertax cost of debt of 4 percent and a cost of equity of 12 percent. What debt-equity ratio is needed for the firm to achieve their targeted weighted average cost of capital? 0.5 0.33 0.67 0.25 0.75

Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)

4th Edition

ISBN:9781305970663

Author:Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen

Publisher:Don R. Hansen, Maryanne M. Mowen

Chapter10: Decentralization: Responsibility Accounting, Performance Evaluation, And Transfer Pricing

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 24E: A company had WACC (weighted average cost of capital) equal to 8. % If the company pays off mortgage...

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

Calculation of individual costs and WACC BlackRock, Inc. (BLK) has a capital structure that consists of common stock equity and debt. The market capitalization of its equity is $76.644 billion and its debt has a market value of $6.797 billion. a. Calculate the market value weights for BLK's capital structure. b. Calculate BLK's cost of equity using a beta of 1.26, a risk-free rate of 0.78%, and a market risk premium of 6.70%. c. Calculate BLK's cost of debt using a bond price of $1,067.77, semi-annual coupon payment of $28.75, and 5 years to maturity. d. Calculate BLK's current WACC using a 21% corporate tax rate. a. The market value weight of long-term debt in BLK's capital structure is %. (Round to two decimal places.)
8.4 Richmond Clinic has obtained the following estimates for its costs of debt and equity at various capital structures: Debt (%) After-Tax Cost of Debt (%) Cost of Equity (%) 0 — 16.0 20 6.6 17.0 40 7.8 19.0 60 10.2 22.0 80 14.0 27.0 What is the firm’s optimal capital structure? (Hint: Calculate its corporate cost of capital at each structure. Also, note that data on component costs at alternative capital structures are not reliable in real-world situations)
A firm has a debt-equity ratio of 0.5 and a cost of debt of 5 percent. The industry average cost of unlevered equity is 15 percent. What is the weighted average cost of capital for this firm? Ignore tax. O 0.12 O 0.13 0.14 O 0.15
Ilumina Corp is trying to determine its optimal capital structure. The company’s capital structure consists of debt and common stock. In order to estimate the cost of debt, the company has produced the following table: Percent financed with debt (wd) Percent financed with equity (wc) Debt-to-equity ratio (D/S) After-tax cost of debt (%) 0.25 0.75 0.25/0.75 = 0.33 6.9% 0.35 0.65 0.35/0.65 = 0.5385 7.1% 0.50 0.50 0.50/0.50 = 1.00 8.0% The company uses the CAPM to estimate its cost of common equity, rs. The risk-free rate is 5% and the market risk premium is 6%. Ilumina estimates that its beta with 10% debt is 1. The company’s tax rate, T, is 40%. On the basis of this information, what is the company’s optimal capital structure, and what is the firm’s cost of capital at this optimal capital structure? (Please show work)
A company hired you as a consultant to help estimate its cost of capital. You have obtained the following data: (1) rd = yield on the firm’s bonds = 7.00% and the risk premium over its own debt cost = 4.00%. (2) rRF = 5.00%, RPM = 6.00%, and b = 1.50. (3) D1 = $1.20, P0 = $35.00, and g = 8.00% (constant). You were asked to estimate the cost of equity based on the three most commonly used methods and then to indicate the difference between the highest and lowest of these estimates. What is that difference? Group of answer choices 2.61% 2.67% 3.54% 3.00% 3.72%
What is the cost of equity for a firm where the required return on assets is 15.71%, the cost of debt is 6.92%, and the target debt/equity ratio is 1.19? Ignore taxes. O A) 19.05%
This is how to get a fair P/E ratio of a company using NOPAT growth, ROIIC (ROIC), and Cost of capital NOPAT growth: 10%ROIIC: 20% → Fair P/E: 32.3Cost of capital: 6.7% read the picture and it shows the instruscture, however, it does not say the specific stpes of how they get the fair P/E mulitple of 32.3. it summarlized without showing steps. So please show the step of how to get this result which is 32.3 Price to earnings ratio. U may use DCF for this! thank you!
According to Modigliani & Miller Theory (M&M), WACC of the firm is not affected by the capital structure. Changes of capital structure weights is offset by the change in the cost of equity, given the following information, Required return on assets = 16% Cost of debt = 10% Percent of debt = 45% Calculate: Cost of equity. The debt-to-equity ratio. Suppose the cost of equity is 25%. Percent of equity in the firm.
Suppose that AXA currently has no debt and has an equity cost of capital of 12%. AXA is considering borrowing funds at a cost of 6% and using these funds to repurchase existing shares of stock. Assume perfect capital markets. If AXA borrows until it achieved a debt‐to‐equity ratio of 1/2, then AXAʹs levered cost of equity would be closest to: A. 18.0% B. 6.0% C. 15.0% D. 10.0%
A levered firm has a pretax cost of debt of 6.8 percent and an unlevered cost of capital of 14 percent. The tax rate is 21 percent and the cost of equity is 17.7 percent. What is the debt-to-equity ratio? O 0.65 0.47 0.41 O 0.52
Scanlon Inc.'s CFO hired you as a consultant to help her estimate the cost of capital. You have been provided with the following data: rRF = 4.10%; RPM =5.20%; and b = 0.70. Based on the CAPM approach, what is the cost of equity from retained earnings? O a. 10.00% O b. 8.07% O c. 9.30% O d. 7.74% O e. 6.51%
Suppose Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company has an equity cost of capital of 7.6%, a debt cost of capital of 6.1%, a marginal corporate tax rate of 21%, and a debt-equity ratio of 2.8. Assume that Goodyear maintains a constant debt-equity ratio. a. What is Goodyear's WACC? b. What is Goodyear's unlevered cost of capital? c. Explain, intuitively, why Goodyear's unlevered cost of capital is less than its equity cost of capital and higher than its WACC. a. What is Goodyear's WACC? The WACC is%. (Round to two decimal places.)