ry to evaluate an investment project for a company. A firm (Firm i) uses $38 million of debt and $15 million of preferred stock. The current market price of common stock is $20 with 4,125,000 shares outstanding. The new issue of common has used recently to finance a number of its recent operating asset purchases. If the before-tax cost of debt is 8% and its cost of preferred stock is 10%. The risk free rate is assume to be 5%, while the market risk premium is 8%, with an above market level firm beta of 1.25 (slightly more volatile than the market). Assume the corporate tax rate for this firm is 35%.   What is the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC), Answer:     2. Why would this WACC serve as an improvement of something as simple as the discount rate?      3. If an investment project generates a return of 11% and has similar risk level as the overall company, would you accept or reject this project? Why or why not?

You are comparing two possible capital structures for a firm. The first option is an all-equity firm. The second option involves the use of $3.8 million of debt. The break-even point between these two financing options occurs when earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) are $428,000. Given this, you know that leverage is beneficial to the firm:  A- whenever EBIT exceeds $428,000 B- whenever EBIT is less than $428,000 C- only when EBIT is $428,000 D- only if the debt is decreased by $428,000 E- only is the debt is increased by $428,000

Pastel Interiors is currently an all-equity firm that has an annual projected BIT of $136,900. The current cost of equity is 16.5% and the tax rate is 20%. The firm is considering adding $118,000 of debt with a coupon rate of 7.5% to its capital structure. The debt will be sold at par value. What is the value of the unlevered firm (pre-debt)? A $763,570 B $663.758 C $730,133   (D) $696,945 ) $630,570

A firm is currently an all equity firm that has 510,000 shares of stock outstanding with a market price of $53.60 a share. The current cost of equity is 10.5 percent and the tax rate is 25 percent. The firm is considering adding $7.10million of debt with a coupon rate of 6 percent to its capital structure. The debt will be sold at par value. What is the levered value of the equity ?

Adamson Corporation is considering four average-risk projects with the following costs and rates of return: Project Cost Expected Rate of Return 1 $2,000 16.00% 2 3 4 3,000 5,000 2,000 15.00 13.75 12.50 The company estimates that it can issue debt at a rate of rd = 9%, and its tax rate is 25%. It can issue preferred stock that pays a constant dividend of $4.00 per year at $56.00 per share. Also, its common stock currently sells for $49.00 per share; the next expected dividend, D₁, is $5.75; and the dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5% per year. The target capital structure consists of 75% common stock, 15% debt, and 10% preferred stock. a. What is the cost of each of the capital components? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places. % Cost of debt: Cost of preferred stock: Cost of retained earnings: % % b. What is Adamson's WACC? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. % c. Only projects…

Costly Corporation is considering using equity financing. Currently, the firm's stock is selling for $31.00 per share. The firm's dividend (D0) is $3.00 with constant annual growth rate of 5.0%. If the firm issues new stock, the flotation costs would equal 10.0 percent of the stock's market value. The firm's marginal tax rate is 40%. What is the firm's cost of external equity?

Suppose the Machine Corp. has a capital structure of 80% equity and 20% debt with the following information: a Beta of 1.3, Market Risk Premium of 10%.  Kamino's average long term debt pays a 10% annual coupon with ten years to maturity, currently selling for $800 (face value of $1,000).  If Kamino's tax rate is 20% and the risk free rate is 2%, what is the Weighted Average Cost of Capital?