Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077861704
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 16, Problem 12QP
Calculating WACC [LO1] Twice Shy Industries has a debt–equity ratio of 1.5. Its WACC is 8.4 percent, and its cost of debt is 5.9 percent. The corporate tax rate is 35 percent.
a. What is the company’s
b. What is the company’s unlevered cost of equity capital?
c. What would the cost of equity be if the debt–equity ratio were 2? What if it were 1.0? What if it were zero?
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