X Corporation has total assets of P100 million. Earnings before interest and taxes wereP20 million and the tax rate was 35%. Given are the following leverage ratios andcorresponding interest rates.1.2.3.4.5.Leverage(Debt / Total Assets)0%10305060Interest Rateon Debt-16 %161821Calculate Litton's rate of return on equity and WACC for each amount of debt.What is the optimal capital structure?If you were the finance manager, which capital structure would you choose? Justify.

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A firm had a debt ratio of 0.85. The pretax cost of debt is 8% and the reqiured return on asset is 15.5%. What is the cost of equity if we factorin the firms tax rate of 24%? A) 19.53 B) 18.92 C) 21.57 D) 20.35 E) 20.96
A firm had a debt ratio of 1.20. The pretax cost of debt is 8% and the reqiured return on asset is 13%. What is the cost of equity if you Ignore taxes? A) 18.24% B) 20.14% C)17.67% D) 19.57% E) 19%
What is the EPS in the following case? Debt : Equity ratio = 3:1 Total Capital employed = 20,00,000 Interest rate for debt = 8%, Tax rate = 40% Price per share = 100 EBIT = 4,00,000 a. 35.74 b. 33.6 c. 35.2 d. 31.85
You have the following information on a company on which to base your calculations and discussion: Cost of equity capital (rE) = 18.55% Cost of debt (rD) = 7.85% Expected market premium (rM –rF) = 8.35% Risk-free rate (rF) = 5.95% Inflation = 0% Corporate tax rate (TC) = 35% Current long-term and target debt-equity ratio (D:E) = 2:5 a. What are the equity beta (bE) and debt beta (bD) of the firm described above?[Hint: Assume that the above costs of capital have been generated by an appropriate equilibrium model.] b. What is the weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) for this firm at the current debt-equity ratio? c. What would the company’s cost of equity capital become if you unlevered the capital structure (i.e. reduced gearing until there is no debt)
Coco Kitchen has a WACC of 14%. It has 19% of return on equity, and 60% of debt-to-asset ratio (i.e., weight on debt). Assume tax equals 0, calculate the interest rate on the debt. O 9.90% O 11.14% O 10.67% O 6.50%
Company X has a cost of equity of 16.31% and a pretax cost of debt of 7.8%. The debt-equity ratio is 0.56 and the tax rate is 21%. What is the unlevered cost of capital? A )14.01% b) 13.85% c) 13.70% D) 14.08% E)14.26%
Alpha Corporation has average annual free cashflows to the equity holder and to the firmof P3,000,000 and P3,350,000 respectively. Assuming that the weighted average cost ofcapital and actual return of on assets is 16.75% while the market return on Alpha's debt is7%, what is the value of its equity? a. P34,358,974.36 b.P15,000,000.00 c.P17,910,447.76 d.P20,000,000.00
The Tip-Top Paving Co. has an equity cost of capital of 16.97%. The debt to value ratio is .6, the tax rate is 34%, and the cost of debt is 11%. What is the cost of equity if Tip-Top was unlevered? O a. 10.0%. O b. 16.0%. C. 12.0%. O d. 14.0%
Calculate the WACC using the following information: Debt-Equity ratio is 50%. Cost of debt is 8.00% Cost of equity is 10.00% Company pays tax at 35% a) 7.60% b) 8.40% c) 9.33% d) 9.00%
Using the DuPont method, evaluate the effects of the following relationships for the Butters Corporation. A.Butters Corporation has a profit margin of 5.5 percent and its return on assets (investment) is 8.75 percent. What is its assets turnover? Round your answer to 2 decimal places. ______ times B.If the Butters Corporation has a debt-to-total-assets ratio of 65.00 percent, what would the firm’s return on equity be? Note: Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. C.What would happen to return on equity if the debt-to-total-assets ratio decreased to 60.00 percent? Input your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.
Company X has debt and equity as sources of funds. Company X has market value of debtas $150,000 and book value of debt as $80,000. The company has book value of equity as$100,000 and market value of equity as $125,000. The cost of debt is 8.25% and cost ofequity is 9.57%. the tax rate is 38%. What is the Weighted Average Cost of Capital(WACC)?a. 7.59%b. 7.78%c. 7.14%d. 7.68%

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