Debt: $80,000,000 outstanding book value. The debt is trading at 95% of book value. The yield to
Question:
Debt: $80,000,000 outstanding book value. The debt is trading at 95% of book value. The yield to maturity is 9%.
Equity: 3,000,000 shares selling for $47 per share. Assume that the expected rate of return on Federated's stock is 18%.
Taxes: The federal marginal tax rate is T c = .34.
Suppose Federated Junkyards decides to move to a more conservative debt policy. One year later, its debt ratio has dropped to 13.75% ( D/V = 0.1375). The interest rate has dropped to 8.6%. The company's business risk, opportunity cost of capital, and tax rate have not changed.
Use the three-step procedure to calculate Federated's WACC under these new assumptions. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places.)
Weighted average cost of capital %
NOTE: the answer is not 16.31
Foundations of Financial Management
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