A firm's current capital structure consists of 50 percent debt and 50 percent common stock. The firm's before-tax cost of debt is 6 percent, its tax rate is 40 percent, and its cost of common stock is 11 percent (based on CAPM). Further, the risk-free rate is 4 percent and that the market risk premium is 5 percent. Calculate the firm's new weighted average cost of capital if it changes to a capital structure of 40 percent debt and the balance is equity. O 7.7300% O 7.5150% O 7.9450% O 7.6225% O 7.8375%

Bartlett Company's target capital structure is 40% debt, 15% preferred, and 45% common equity. The after-tax cost of debt is 6.00%, the cost of preferred is 7.50%, and the cost of common using reinvested earnings is 12.75%. The firm will not be issuing any new stock. You were hired as a consultant to help determine their cost of capital. What is its WACC?   a. 9.26%     b. 9.83%     c. 10.12%     d. 9.54%     e. 8.98%

Crowley Company has a capital structure with 30% debt at a 9% interest rate. Its beta is 1.3, the risk-free rate is 1.5%, and the market risk premium is 8%. The company has no preferred stock. Its combined federal-plus-state tax rate is 25%. a. Calculate the company's cost of equity   b. Calculate the company's weighted average cost of capital   c. Calculate he the company’s unlevered cost of equity

(Individual or component costs of capital) Compute the cost of capital for the firm for the following: a. A bond that has a $1,000 par value (face value) and a contract or coupon interest rate of 10.5 percent. Interest payments are $52.50 and are paid semiannually. The bonds have a current market value of $1,121 and will mature in 10 years. The firm's marginal tax rate is 34 percet. b. A new common stock issue that paid a $1.84 dividend last year. The firm's dividends are expected to continue to grow at 6.4 percent per year, forever. The price of the firm's common stock is now $27.92. c. A preferred stock that sells for $134, pays a dividend of 9.1 percent, and has a $100 par value. d. A bond selling to yield 11.7 percent where the firm's tax rate is 34 percent. a. The after-tax cost of debt is %. (Round to two decimal places.)