Delta Corporation has the following capital structure:   Cost (aftertax)WeightsWeighted CostDebt (Kd)5.5%25%1.38%Preferred stock (Kp)10.5252.63Common equity (Ke) (retained earnings)10.5505.25Weighted average cost of capital (Ka) 9.25% If the firm has $26 million in retained earnings, at what size capital structure will the firm run out of retained earnings? Note: Enter your answer in millions of dollars (e.g., $10 million should be entered as "10".   Note: Enter your answer in millions of dollars (e.g., $10 million should be entered as "10".The 5.5 percent cost of debt referred to earlier applies only to the first $18 million of debt. After that the cost of debt will go up. At what size capital structure will there be a change in the cost of debt?

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Delta Corporation has the following capital structure:

 

Cost (aftertax)WeightsWeighted CostDebt (Kd)5.5%25%1.38%Preferred stock (Kp)10.5252.63Common equity (Ke) (retained earnings)10.5505.25Weighted average cost of capital (Ka) 9.25%

If the firm has $26 million in retained earnings, at what size capital structure will the firm run out of retained earnings?

Note: Enter your answer in millions of dollars (e.g., $10 million should be entered as "10".

 

Note: Enter your answer in millions of dollars (e.g., $10 million should be entered as "10".The 5.5 percent cost of debt referred to earlier applies only to the first $18 million of debt. After that the cost of debt will go up. At what size capital structure will there be a change in the cost of debt?

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