Question: Calculating Cost of Equity The Dybvig Corporation's common stock has a beta of 1.21. If the risk- free rate is 3.5 percent and the expected return on the market is 11 percent, what is Dybvig's cost of equity capital?
Calculating Cost of Debt Shanken Corp. issued a 30-year, 6.2 percent semiannual bond 7 years ago. The bond currently sells for 108 percent of its face value. The company's tax rate is 35 percent. a. What is the pretax cost of debt? b. What is the aftertax cost of debt?
a. What is the pretax cost of debt?
b. What is the aftertax cost of debt?
c. Which is more relevant, the pretax or the aftertax cost of debt? Why?
Calculating WACC Mullineaux Corporation has a target capital structure of 70 percent common stock and 30 percent debt. Its cost of equity is 13 percent, and the cost of debt is 6 percent. The relevant tax rate is 35 percent. What is Mullineaux's WACC?