An unlevered firm has expected earnings of $4,780,000 and a market value of equity of $56,478,000. The firm is planning to issue $22,591,200 of debt at 5.1 percent interest and use the proceeds to repurchase shares at their current market value. Ignore taxes. What will be the cost of equity after the repurchase? 10.71%     10.58%     10.45%     10.32%     10.19%

The market value of Charcoal Corporation's common stock is $20 million, and the market value of its risk-free debt is $5 million. The beta of the company's common stock is 1.25, and the market risk premium is 8 percent. If the Treasury bill rate is 5 percent, what is the company's cost of capital? (Assume no taxes.)   15.0 percent   14.6 percent   13.0 percent   7.0 percent

You were hired as a consultant to Quigley Company, whose target capital structure is 35% debt, 10% preferred, and 55% common equity. The interest rate on new debt is 6.50%, the yield on the preferred is 6.00%, the cost of retained earnings is 11.25%, and the tax rate is 40%.  The firm will not be issuing any new stock.  What is Quigley's WACC? a. 10.11% b. 8.15% c. 9.28% d. 7.75%

3. Toran plc. is an all-equity financed firm and generates earnings of £200 per year. Its current required rate of return on equity is 10% per annum. It is planning to issue corporate debt at a rate of 8% to achieve a debt-equity ratio of 50%. Toran plc. Assume that debt and earnings are perpetuities. What happens to the firm value after the debt issuance? Assume there are perfect capital markets. 100 0 200 0 250 0 400 0 450 0

Use the following information: • Debt: $68,000,000 book value outstanding. The debt is trading at 89% of book value. The yield to maturity is 11%. Equity: 1,800,000 shares selling at $35 per share. Assume the expected rate of return on Federated's stock is 20%. Taxes: Federated's marginal tax rate is Te 0.21. Suppose Federated Junkyards decides to move to a more conservative debt policy. A year later, its debt ratio is down to 16.75% (D/V= 0.1675). The pre-tax cost of debt has dropped to 10.6%. The company's business risk, opportunity cost of capital, and tax rate have not changed. Use the three-step procedure to calculate Federated's WACC under these new assumptions. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Weighted-average cost of capital %

A firm is currently an all equity firm that has 395,000 shares of stock outstanding with a market price of $19.50 a share. The current cost of equity is 15.5% and the tax rate is 24%. The firm is considering adding $925,000 of debt with a coupon rate of 8% to it's capital structure.  The debt will be sold at par value. What is the leveled value of the equity?   A) 7,349,475 B) 8 716,950 C) 6,999,500 D) 7,528,275 E) 7,132,050

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