Pearson Motors has a target capital structure of 35% debt and 65% common equity, with no preferred stock. The yield to maturity on the company's outstanding bonds is 11%,

A firm has a weighted average cost of capital of 8.4%, a cost of equity is 11%, and a pretax cost of debt of 5.8%. The tax rate is 25%. What is the company's target debt-equity ratio, expressed as a percentage? (Please, do not round your intermediate calculations; rou necessary, your final answer, expressed as a percentage, to two decimal places without the % symbol. Example, if your final answer calcula or X/Y, or X+Y, or X-Y, is 0.124556, enter it as 12.46)

Evans Technology has the following capital structure. Debt Common equity The aftertax cost of debt is 8.50 percent, and the cost of common equity (in the form of retained earnings) is 15.50 percent. a. What is the firm's weighted average cost of capital? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Input your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. 48% 60 Debt Common equity Weighted average cost of capital Weighted Cost % % An outside consultant has suggested that because debt is cheaper than equity, the firm should switch to a capital structure that is 50 percent debt and 50 percent equity. Under this new and more debt-oriented arrangement, the aftertax cost of debt is 9.50 percent, and the cost of common equity (in the form of retained earnings) is 17.50 percent. b. Recalculate the firm's weighted average cost of canital

Pearson Motors has a target capital structure of 30% debt and 70% common equity, with no preferred stock. The yield to maturity on the company's outstanding bonds is 8%, and its tax rate is 25%. Pearson's CFO estimates that the company's WACC is 12.70%. What is Pearson's cost of common equity? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.   ? %