Suppose that B2B, Incorporated has a capital structure of 37 percentequity, 17 percent preferred stock, and 46 percent debt. Assume thebefore-tax component costs of equity, preferred stock, and debt are15.0 percent, 12.0 percent, and 10.0 percent, respectively.What is B2B's WACC if the firm faces an average tax rate of 21percent and can make full use of the interest tax shield?Note: Round your answer to 2 decimal places.WACC%

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B.F. Pierce & Company is considering changing its capital structure. The company currently has no debt and no preferred stock, but it would like to add some debt to take advantage of low interest rates and the tax shield. Its investment banker has indicated that the pre-tax cost of debt under various possible capital structures would be as follows: 8.66% 9.21% 8.83% Market Debt-to- Value Ratio 9.07% (WD) 0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 Market Equity-to- Value Ratio (WE) 1.00 0.80 0.60 0.40 0.20 Market Debt-to- Equity Ratio (D/E) 0.00 0.25 0.67 1.50 4.00 Before-Tax Cost of Debt (rD) 5.00% The company uses the CAPM to estimate its cost of common equity. Currently the risk-free rate is 4%, the market risk premium is 6%, and the company's tax rate is 25%. The company estimates that its beta now (which is unlevered because it currently has no debt) is 0.8. Based on this information, what is the firm's weighted average cost of capital at its optimal capital structure? 6.00% 7.00% 8.00% 9.00%
Suppose that JB Cos. has a capital structure of 80 percent equity, 20 percent debt, and that its before-tax cost of debt is 12 percent while its cost of equity is 16 percent. Assume the appropriate weighted-average tax rate is 21 percent and JB estimates that they can make full use of the interest tax shield. What will be JB’s WACC? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Check my we Suppose that T-shirts, Incorporated's capital structure features 25 percent equity, 75 percent debt, and that its before-tax cost of debt is 8 percent, while its cost of equity is 12 percent. If the appropriate weighted average tax rate is 21 percent, what will be T-shirts' WACC? Multiple Choice 7.74 percent 4.75 percent 7.20 percent 9.00 percent
Suppose that TapDance, Inc.’s capital structure features 75 percent equity, 25 percent debt, and that its before-tax cost of debt is 9 percent, while its cost of equity is 14 percent. The appropriate weighted average tax rate is 21 percent. What will be TapDance’s WACC? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Suppose that MNINK Industries’ capital structure features 63 percent equity, 8 percent preferred stock, and 29 percent debt. Assume the before-tax component costs of equity, preferred stock, and debt are 11.40 percent, 9.30 percent, and 8.00 percent, respectively.What is MNINK’s WACC if the firm faces an average tax rate of 21 percent and can make full use of the interest tax shield? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Suppose that TapDance, Inc.'s capital structure features 65 percent equity, 35 percent debt, and that its before-tax cost of debt is 8 percent, while its cost of equity is 13 percent. The appropriate weighted average tax rate is 21 percent. What will be TapDance's WACC? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Write your answer in percentage.)
An unlevered firm has a value of $900 million. An otherwise identical but levered firm has $180 million in debt at a 4% interest rate, which is its pre-tax cost of debt. Its unlevered cost of equity is 12%. No growth is expected. Assuming the federal-plus-state corporate tax rate is 25%, use the MM model with corporate taxes to determine the value of the levered firm. Enter your answer in millions. For example, an answer of $10,550,000 should be entered as 10.55. Round your answer to the nearest whole number. S million
True/False: Discounting the FCF(Free Cash Flow) of the 100% equity firm with the WACC (Weighted Average Cost Capital)takes the tax shield into account.
Suppose a firm in the 40% federal-plus-state tax bracket needs to pay $1 in dividends to its shareholders. What is the pretax income it should have to pay this dividend? $1.00 $1.67
Assuming that there is an unlevered firm and a levered firm. The basic information is given by the following table. Table1: Information of the firms Unlevered firm Levered firm EBIT 20000 20000 Interest Taxable income Tax (tax rate: 34%) Net income CFFA Assuming that: The size of the debt is 8000; cost of debt =8%; unlevered cost of capital =10%; systematic risk of the asset is 1.5 Fill in the blanks What is the present value of the tax shield? Calculate the following values:a) Calculate value of unlevered firm; b) value of the levered firm; c) equity value; d) Cost of equity; e) cost of capital; f) systematic risk of the equity Suppose that the firm changes its capital structure so that the debt-to-equity ratio is 1.6, then recalculate the systematic risk of the equity If the firm now has the following project: in year 0, the cashflow is 5000, in year 1, the cashflow is -5500. Based on the IRR rule,…

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