The UpTowner has a beta of 1.18, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36, and a cost of equity of 11.74 percent. The market rate of return is 10.4 percent, and the tax rate is 35 percent. If the pretax cost of debt is 6.9 percent, what is the company's WACC?

Golden Eagle has 1,250 bonds outstanding with a market value of $980 each. The pretax cost of debt is 7.2 percent. The firm also has 46,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a price per share of $32 and a beta of 1.21. The risk-free rate is 2.4 percent, the market risk premium is 7.3 percent, and the tax rate is 34 percent. What is the company's WACC?

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1 WACC calculation for The UpTowner The formula to calculate the weighted average cost of capital WACC is WACC EV Ke DV Kd 1 Tc where EV is the propor... View the full answer