Malkin Corp. has no debt but can borrow at 6.5%. The firm's WACC is currently 10%, and

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Malkin Corp. has no debt but can borrow at 6.5%. The firm's WACC is currently 10%, and there is no corporate tax.

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(a) What is Malkin's cost of equity?
(b) If the firm converts to 30% debt, what will its cost of equity be?
(c) If the firm converts to 55% debt, what will its cost of equity be?
(d) What is Malkin's WACC in part (b) and part (c)?

Cost Of Equity
The cost of equity is the return a company requires to decide if an investment meets capital return requirements. Firms often use it as a capital budgeting threshold for the required rate of return. A firm's cost of equity represents the...
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Essentials of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 978-0078034756

8th edition

Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Bradford Jordan

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