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Fyre, Inc., has a target debtequity ratio of 1.35. Its WACC is 8.3 percent, and

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Question

Fyre, Inc., has a target debtequity ratio of 1.35. Its WACC is 8.3 percent, and the tax rate is 35 percent.

If instead you know that the aftertax cost of debt is 3.8 percent, what is the cost of equity? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Fyre, Inc., has a target debtequity ratio of 1.35. Its WACC is 8.3 percent, and the tax rate is 35 percent.

If instead you know that the aftertax cost of debt is 3.8 percent, what is the cost of equity? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

  Cost of equity %

Explanation / Answer

Debt-equity ratio=Debt/Equity

Let equity=$x

Debt=$1.35x

Total=$2.35x

WACC=Respective costs*Respective weights

0.083=(x/2.35x*Cost of equity)+(1.35x/2.35x*0.038)

0.083=(Cost of equity/2.35)+0.021829787

Hence Cost of equity=(0.083-0.021829787)*2.35

=14.38%(Approx).