Evans Technology has the following capital structure. Debt Common equity 30% 70 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 % 0.00 % 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. b. Recalculate the firm's weighted average cost of capital. Q Search < Prev 4 of 5 www Next >

Evans Technology has the following capital structure. Debt Common equity 30% 70 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 % 0.00 % 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. b. Recalculate the firm's weighted average cost of capital. Q Search < Prev 4 of 5 www Next >

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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 Equity Ratio rdrd rsrs WACC 30% 70% 7.00% 10.50% 8.61% 40% 60% 7.20% 10.80% 8.21% 50% 50% 7.70% 11.40% 8.01% 60% 40% 8.90% 12.20% 8.08% 70% 30% 10.30% 13.50% 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 = 60%; equity ratio = 40% Debt ratio = 40%; equity ratio = 60% Debt ratio = 30%; equity ratio = 70% Consider this case: Globex Corp. is an all-equity firm, and it has a beta of 1. It is considering changing its capital structure to 70% equity and 30% debt. The firm’s cost of debt will be 10%, and it will face a tax rate of 40%. What will Globex…
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 %
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 Equity Ratio rdrd rsrs WACC 30% 70% 7.00% 10.50% 8.61% 40% 60% 7.20% 10.80% 8.21% 50% 50% 7.70% 11.40% 8.01% 60% 40% 8.90% 12.20% 8.08% 70% 30% 10.30% 13.50% 8.38% Consider this case: Globex Corp. currently has a capital structure consisting of 35% debt and 65% equity. However, Globex Corp.’s CFO has suggested that the firm increase its debt ratio to 50%. The current risk-free rate is 3%, the market risk premium is 7%, and Globex Corp.’s beta is 1.10. If the firm’s tax rate is 25%, what will be the beta of an all-equity firm if its operations were exactly the same? Now consider the case of another company: US Robotics Inc. has a current capital structure of 30% debt and 70% equity. Its current before-tax cost of debt is 6%,…
Assume a capital structure where stock is 50% and costs 14%, bonds are 40% and cost 8% and preferred is 10% and costs 11% what is the weighted average cost of capital when taxes are 25%___________?
M12-15. Estimating Cost of Equity Capital Assume that a company’s market beta equals 0.6, the risk-free rate is 5%, and the market return equals 13%. Compute the company’s cost of equity capital. Round answer to one decimal place (ex: 0.0245 = 2.5%) Answer%
1. A firm has the following capital structure: Assets thousands € Liabilities and equity thousands € Assets 12,000 Debt 3,000 Common stock 9,000 Total 12,000 Total 12,000 a) What is the firm's weighted average cost of capital at various combinations of debt ans equity, given the following information? Tax rate is 30%. Debt/Assets Debt interest rate Cost of equity 0% 6% 10% 10% 6% 10% 20% 6% 10% 30% 6% 10% 40% 8% 12% 50% 10% 13% 60% 13% 15% b) Construct a balance sheet that indicates the firm's optimal capital structure. Compare this balance sheet with the firm's current balance sheet. What course of action should the firm take? c) As the firm substitutes debt for equity financing, what happens to the cost of capital, and why?
The basic WACC equation The calculation of a weighted average cost of capital (WACC) involves calculating the weighted average of the required rates of return on debt and equity, where the weights equal the percentage of each type of financing in the firm’s overall capital structure. what is the symbol that represents the cost of preferred stock in the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) equation.__________ Bob Co. has $1.26 million of debt, $3.16 million of preferred stock, and $2.02 million of common equity. The appropriate weight of the firm's preferred stock in the calculation of the company's weighted average cost of capital is____________% .
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…
If the earnings per share of the firm is OMR 10 and the market price is OMR 100 and the growth rate is earning of the firm is 5 %. Calculate the cost of equity share capital. a. 12.5% b. 10% c. None of these d. 15%
Suppose Dexter, Inc.'s target capital structure is as follows:wd = 0.45, wps = 0.05, and wee = 0.50Its before-tax cost of debt is 8%, its cost of equity is 12%, its cost of preferred stock is8.4%, and its marginal tax rate is 40%. Calculate Dexter's WACC. Here, w d = percentage of debt in the capital structurewps = percentage of preferred stock in the capital structurewee= percentage of common stock in the capital structure
A firm has a cost of debt of 6.6 percent and a cost of equity of 12.1 percent. The debt-equity ratio is 78. There are no taxes. What is the firm's weighted average cost of capital? Multiple Choice 10.20% 8.07% 9.69% 8.94% 8.72%
The calculation of WACC involves calculating the weighted average of the required rates of return on debt, preferred stock, and common equity, where the weights equal the percentage of each type of financing in the firm’s overall capital structure. Q1. ________is the symbol that represents the cost of preferred stock in the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) equation. Q2. Avery Co. has $3.9 million of debt, $2 million of preferred stock, and $2.2 million of common equity. What would be its weight on debt? a. 0.27 b. 0.25 c. 0.48 d. 0.20 Q1. Option 1 rS or Option 2 rD or Option 3 rP or Option 4 rE Please provide the correct answers. Thank you!

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