Question: GIVEN ABOUT THE MARKET: T-bill return is 3.8 % annually. The expected annual return on the market portfolio equals 10 %. GIVEN ABOUT THE GAMMA
GIVEN ABOUT THE MARKET: T-bill return is 3.8 % annually. The expected annual return on the market portfolio equals 10 %.
GIVEN ABOUT THE "GAMMA CORPORATION":
Gamma Corporation's capital structure is levered. (If Gamma Corporation was not levered, its equity Beta would have been 1.20.)
Gamma Corporation would like to maintain a target debt-to-equity ratio of .75 which is its current level.
Gamma Corporation has debt in the form of corporate bonds. The bonds mature in 19 years, each bond has a $2,000 par value, and the coupon rate of 6.5 %. The bonds require that the coupons are made semiannually until the bonds mature. Each bond can be traded for $2,080 in today's economy.
Gamma Corporation faces a 24 % tax rate on its taxable income.
a. Gamma Corporation's cost of debt (HINT: "annual yield to maturity"!) is ____: (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
b. Gamma Corporation's cost of equity is ____: (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
c. Gamma Corporation's WACC is _____ (TIP: if you are unsure how to use the information on "debt-to-equity ratio" to calculate "weight of debt" and "weight of equity", you can watch my short video https://youtu.be/BAipMtb6N9k) : (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
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