Foundations of Finance (9th Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance)
Foundations of Finance (9th Edition) (Pearson Series in Finance)
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780134083285
Author: Arthur J. Keown, John D. Martin, J. William Petty
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9, Problem 14SP

(Capital structure weights) Wingate Metal Products, Inc. sells materials to contractors who construct metal warehouses, storage buildings, and other structures. The firm has estimated its weighted average cost of capital to be 9.0 percent based on the fact that its after-tax cost of debt financing was 7 percent and its cost of equity was 12 percent. What are the firm’s capital structure weights (that is, the proportions of financing that came from debt and equity)?

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