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 14, Problem 15QP
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To determine: The weight average cost of capital (WACC).
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The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) refers to the weighted average of the cost of debt after taxes and the
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Consider a firm whose debt has a market value of $35 million and whose stock has a market value of $55 million. The firm pays a 7 percent rate of interest on its new debt and has a beta of 1.23. The corporate tax rate is 21%. Assume that the security market line holds, that the risk premium on the market is 10.5 percent, and that the current Treasury bill is rate is 1 percent. What is the aftertax cost of debt?
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