Cookies 'n Cream, Incorporated, recently issued new securities to finance a new TV show. The project cost $14.6 million, and the company paid $785,000 in flotation costs. In addition, the equity issued had a flotation cost of 7.6 percent of the amount raised, whereas the debt issued had a flotation cost of 3.6 percent of the amount raised. If the company issued new securities in the same proportion as its target capital structure, what is the company's target debt-equity ratio? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 4 decimal places, e.g., 32.1616.) Debt-equity ratio
Cookies 'n Cream, Incorporated, recently issued new securities to finance a new TV show. The project cost $14.6 million, and the company paid $785,000 in flotation costs. In addition, the equity issued had a flotation cost of 7.6 percent of the amount raised, whereas the debt issued had a flotation cost of 3.6 percent of the amount raised. If the company issued new securities in the same proportion as its target capital structure, what is the company's target debt-equity ratio? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 4 decimal places, e.g., 32.1616.) Debt-equity ratio
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Transcribed Image Text:Cookies 'n Cream, Incorporated, recently issued new securities to finance a new TV
show. The project cost $14.6 million, and the company paid $785,000 in flotation costs.
In addition, the equity issued had a flotation cost of 7.6 percent of the amount raised,
whereas the debt issued had a flotation cost of 3.6 percent of the amount raised. If the
company issued new securities in the same proportion as its target capital structure,
what is the company's target debt-equity ratio? (Do not round intermediate calculations
and round your answer to 4 decimal places, e.g., 32.1616.)
Debt-equity ratio
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