Johnson Tire Distributors has debt with both a face and a market value of $146,258,000. THIS 808 annually. The expected earnings before interest and taxes is a constant $75,000,000 in perpetuity. The company's tax rate is 35 percent, and the unlevered cost of capital is 20 percent. What is the firm's cost of equity? Write your answer as a percent rounded to two digits, but don't include the % sign (i.e. enter 12.63, not 0.1263) HINT: You need to use both M&M propositions. Numeric Response

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Johnson Tire Distributors has debt with both a face and a market value of $146,250,000. This debt has a coupon rate of 6 percent and pays interest
annually. The expected earnings before interest and taxes is a constant $75,000,000 in perpetulty. The company's tax rate is 35 percent, and the
unlevered cost of capital is 20 percent. What is the firm's cost of equity?
Write your answer as a percent rounded to two digits, but don't include the % sign (.e. enter 12.63, not 0.1263).
HINT: You need to use both M&M propositions.
Numeric Response
Transcribed Image Text:Johnson Tire Distributors has debt with both a face and a market value of $146,250,000. This debt has a coupon rate of 6 percent and pays interest annually. The expected earnings before interest and taxes is a constant $75,000,000 in perpetulty. The company's tax rate is 35 percent, and the unlevered cost of capital is 20 percent. What is the firm's cost of equity? Write your answer as a percent rounded to two digits, but don't include the % sign (.e. enter 12.63, not 0.1263). HINT: You need to use both M&M propositions. Numeric Response
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