You were hired as a consultant to Quigley Company, whose target capital structure is 35% debt, 10% preferred, and 55% common equity. The interest rate on new debt is 6.50%, the yield on the preferred is 6.00%, the cost of retained earnings is 10.50%, and the tax rate is 25%. The firm will not be issuing any new stock. What is Quigley's WACC? Round final answer to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations. Oa. 8.65% Ob. 7.13% O c.7.48% O d. 8.08% Oe. 6.49%

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You were hired as a consultant to Quigley Company, whose target capital structure is 35% debt, 10% preferred, and 55% common equity. The
interest rate on new debt is 6.50%, the yield on the preferred is 6.00%, the cost of retained earnings is 10.50%, and the tax rate is 25%. The firm
will not be issuing any new stock. What is Quigley's WACC? Round final answer to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate
calculations.
O a. 8.65%
Ob. 7.13%
O c.7.48%
O d. 8.08%
O e. 6.49%
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Transcribed Image Text:MC.10.081 You were hired as a consultant to Quigley Company, whose target capital structure is 35% debt, 10% preferred, and 55% common equity. The interest rate on new debt is 6.50%, the yield on the preferred is 6.00%, the cost of retained earnings is 10.50%, and the tax rate is 25%. The firm will not be issuing any new stock. What is Quigley's WACC? Round final answer to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations. O a. 8.65% Ob. 7.13% O c.7.48% O d. 8.08% O e. 6.49% Q Search H U 0 O N M K 19-1-4 hp alt 25 CO a 66 W ITIS prt sc pause ← X delete backspace Question 47 of 75 A home enter num lock ↑ shift 3:51 PM 11/1/2023 end 7 home end
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