MacG, Inc. has an equity market capitalization of $7,800,000. Its equity beta is 4.2. The risk-free rate and market return are expected to be 1.4% and 7.2%, respectively. MacG also has 3,500,000 in bonds that have a yield-to-maturity of 5.4%. If MacG faces a tax rate of 14%, which is the weighted average cost of capital for MacG?

Optimist Company can sell common shares at $30 per share and can obtain debt funding at 8 percent. It has a marginal income tax rate of 25 percent. The yield on US Treasury securities is 3 percent. The market risk premium is 6.0 percent, and the firm's beta is 0.9. It has a targeted debt-to-equity ratio of 1:1. What is its after-tax cost of debt? Maximum number of characters (including HTML tags added by text editor): 32,000 Show Rich-Text Editor (and character count)

Saeed Construction’s CFO has the following information to estimate the company’s weighted average cost of capital:The company currently has 20-year, 8.5% semi-annual coupon bonds that currently sells for Rs.945.The company’s stock has a beta of 0.80.The market risk premium, RPm , equals 3%.The risk-free rate is 2.4% and market rate is 5.4%. The company’s growth (g) = 0%, stock price (P0) = Rs.50, current dividend (D0) = Rs.2 and additional/new equity flotation cost = 15%.The company has outstanding preferred stock that pays a Rs.2.00 annual dividend. The preferred stock sells for Rs.25 a share.The company’s tax rate is 40%. The company’s capital structure consists of 40% long-term debt, 40% common stock, and 20% preferred stock. Requirement: Calculate Component cost of debt, cost of equity, cost of preferred stock and weighted average cost of capital.

XYZ Corp. has bonds outstanding with a coupon rate of 2% and a YTM of 5.7%. The risk - free rate of return is 2.2% and the market is returning 10.0%. The stock has a beta of 0.9 and the firm is financed with 45% debt and 55% equity. If the tax rate is 24%, what is XYZ's WACC?

FM Foods is evaluating its cost of capital. Use the following information provided on December 31, 2017, to estimate FM's after-tax cost of equity capital. Yield to maturity on long-term government bonds: 4.4% Yield to maturity on company long-term bonds: 6.3% Coupon rate on company long-term bonds: 7% Historical excess return on common stocks: 6.5% Company equity beta: 1.20 Stock price: $40.00 Number of shares outstanding (millions): 240 Book value of equity (millions): $5,240 Book value of interest-bearing debt (millions): $1,250 Tax rate: 35.0%

Clifford Chance is a large U.K. firm with the before tax cost of debt of 10%. The risk-free rate of interest on 10-year Treasury bonds is 4%. The expected return on the market portfolio is 8%. After effective taxes, Clifford Chance’s effective tax rate is 20%. Its optimal capital structure is 70% debt and 30% equity.   If Clifford Chance’s beta is estimated at 1.5, what is its weighted average cost of capital?                                                                                (4 marks) This firm has collected 50,000 GBP from U.K. stock and bond markets by using the weighted average cost of capital calculated in step (a). It has invested this fund on a 3-year project in U.K. and earned the cash flows of 10,000, 15,000, and 20,000 for the first, second, and third years of the project, respectively. Calculate Net Present Value of the project and provide a decision whether this project is acceptable for investment?

Orion is financed with 26% debt and the rest equity. Orion has an equity beta of 1.2​, a debt beta of 0 and a marginal tax rate of 26%.If Orion issues debt to repurchase equity so that the new firm is now 52​% ​debt, what will be its new equity​ beta? ​ (Continue to assume the debt beta remains at​ 0.)

Company XYZ is funded with $500 million equity and $475 million debt. The yield on bonds issued by XYZ is 7.85%. Its beta is 1.15 and the tax rate is 40%.  The risk-free rate is 5% with the market risk premium 9%.  The weighted average cost of capital for this firm is   10.17% 11.02% 12.02%  12.85% 13.60%

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Jenkins, Inc., has equity with a market value of $23.1 million and debt with a market value of $9.24 million. The cost of debt is 10 percent per year. Treasury bills that mature in one year yield 6 percent per year, and the expected return on the market portfolio over the next year is 11 percent. The beta of the company’s equity is 1.16. The firm pays no taxes. What is the cost of capital for an otherwise identical all-equity firm?