Foundations Of Finance
Foundations Of Finance
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780134897264
Author: KEOWN, Arthur J., Martin, John D., PETTY, J. William
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 9, Problem 1RQ

Define the term cost of capital.

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To determine: The term cost of capital.

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The cost of capital is the rate of return that the company should earn on its investments in order to satisfy the required rates of return of all the company’s foundations of financing (comprising creditors who credit the corporation’s money and owners who acquire shares of stock in the corporation).

 This rate is a function of the essential rates of return for all the company’s sources of financing, the company’s tax rate, and the initiation costs suffered in issuing new securities. Thus, the cost of capital regulates the rate of return that should be achieved on the corporation’s investments to make the target return of the company’s investors.

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