Delta Corporation has the following capital structure: Cost Weighted (aftertax) Weights Cost Debt (Ka) Preferred stock (Kp) Common equity (Ke) (retained earnings) 5.6% 25% 1.40% 10.2 25 2.55 13.2 50 6.60 Weighted average cost of capital (Ka) 10.55% a. If the firm has $31 million in retained earnings, at what size capital structure will the firm run out of retained earnings? (Enter your answer in millions of dollars (e.g., $10 million should be entered as "10").) Capital structure size (X) million
Delta Corporation has the following capital structure: Cost Weighted (aftertax) Weights Cost Debt (Ka) Preferred stock (Kp) Common equity (Ke) (retained earnings) 5.6% 25% 1.40% 10.2 25 2.55 13.2 50 6.60 Weighted average cost of capital (Ka) 10.55% a. If the firm has $31 million in retained earnings, at what size capital structure will the firm run out of retained earnings? (Enter your answer in millions of dollars (e.g., $10 million should be entered as "10").) Capital structure size (X) million
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Transcribed Image Text:Delta Corporation has the following capital structure:
Cost
Weighted
(aftertax) Weights
Cost
Debt (Ka)
Preferred stock (Kp)
Common equity (Ke) (retained earnings)
5.6%
25%
1.40%
10.2
25
2.55
13.2
50
6.60
Weighted average cost of capital (Ka)
10.55%
a. If the firm has $31 million in retained earnings, at what size capital structure will the firm run
out of retained earnings? (Enter your answer in millions of dollars (e.g., $10 million should be
entered as "10").)
Capital structure size (X)
million
b. The 5.6 percent cost of debt referred to earlier applies only to the first $22 million of debt.
After that the cost of debt will go up. At what size capital structure will there be a change in the
cost of debt? (Enter your answer in millions of dollars (e.g., $10 million should be entered as
"10").)
Capital structure size (Z)
million
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