EBK FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
EBK FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
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ISBN: 9781260049237
Author: BREALEY
Publisher: MCGRAW HILL BOOK COMPANY
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Chapter 16, Problem 10QP

Leverage and the Cost of Capital. “Increasing financial leverage increases both the cost of debt (rdebt) and the cost of equity (requity). So the overall cost of capital cannot stay constant.” This problem is designed to show that the speaker is confused. Buggins Inc. is financed equally by debt and equity, each with a market value of $1 million. The cost of debt is 5%, and the cost of equity is 10%. The company now makes a further $250,000 issue of debt and uses the proceeds to repurchase equity. This causes the cost of debt to rise to 6% and the cost of equity to rise to 12%. Assume the firm pays no taxes.

  1. a. How much debt does the company now have?
  2. b. How much equity does it now have?
  3. c. What is the overall cost of capital?
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