Use the following information:Debt: $79,000,000 book value outstanding. The debt is trading at 94% of book value. Theyield to maturity is 7%.Equity: 2,900,000 shares selling at $46 per share. Assume the expected rate of return onFederate d’s stock is 16%.Taxes: Federate d’s marginal tax rate is Tc = 0.21.Suppose Federated Junkyards decides to move to a more conservative debt policy. A yearlater, its debt ratio is down to 14.00% (D/V = 0.1400). The interest rate has dropped to6.6%. The company’s business risk, opportunity cost of capital, and tax rate have notchanged. Use the three-step procedure to calculate Federate d’s WACC under these newassumptions.
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