Exam 12: Cost of Capital

Sheepdog Rescue just paid its first annual dividend of $1.95 a share.The firm plans to increase the dividend by 1.75 percent per year indefinitely.What is the firm's cost of equity if the current stock price is $31.45 per share?

Lawler's is considering a new project.The company has a debt-equity ratio of .64.The company's cost of equity is 14.9 percent, and the aftertax cost of debt is 5.3 percent.The firm feels that the project is riskier than the company as a whole and that it should use an adjustment factor of +1.8 percent.What is the project cost of capital if the tax rate is 34 percent?

When evaluating a project, the dividend growth model:

Cromwell's Interiors is considering a project that is equally as risky as the firm's current operations.The firm has a cost of equity of 15.4 percent and a pretax cost of debt of 8.9 percent.The debt-equity ratio is .46 and the tax rate is 34 percent.What is the cost of capital for this project?

The common stock of Shaky Building Supply has a beta that is 22 percent greater than the overall market beta.Currently, the market risk premium is 9.56 percent while the U.S.Treasury bill is yielding 3.3 percent.What is the cost of equity for this firm?

Ted is trying to decide what cost of capital he should assign to a project.Which one of the following should be his primary consideration in this decision?

The common stock of Pedestrian Automotive has a beta of 0.89 and a standard deviation of 15.8 percent.The market rate of return is 12.25 percent and the risk-free rate is 2.9 percent.What is the cost of equity for this firm?

A firm uses its weighted average cost of capital to evaluate the proposed projects for all of its varying divisions.By doing so, the firm:

Santa Claus Enterprises has 87,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a current price of $39 a share.The firm also has two bond issues outstanding.The first bond issue has a total face value of $230,000, pays 7.1 percent interest annually, and currently sells for 103.1 percent of face value.The second bond issue consists of 5,000 bonds that are selling for $887 each.These bonds pay 6.5 percent interest annually and mature in eight years.The tax rate is 35 percent.What is the capital structure weight of the firm's debt?

Old Town Industries has three divisions.Division X has been in existence the longest and has the most stable sales.Division Y has been in existence for five years and is slightly less risky than the overall firm.Division Z is the research and development side of the business.Given this, the firm should probably:

Design Interiors has a cost of equity of 14.9 percent and a pretax cost of debt of 8.6 percent.The firm's target weighted average cost of capital is 11 percent and its tax rate is 34 percent.What is the firm's target debt-equity ratio?

The preferred stock of Dolphin Pools pays an annual dividend of $5.25 a share and sells for $48a share.The tax rate is 35 percent.What is the firm's cost of preferred stock?

Precision Cuts has a target debt-equity ratio of .48.Its cost of equity is 16.4 percent, and its pretax cost of debt is 8.2 percent.If the tax rate is 34 percent, what is the company's WACC?

Which one of the following represents the minimum rate of return a firm must earn on its assets if it is to maintain the current value of its securities?

Tim's Tools just issued a dividend of $2.22 per share on its common stock.The company is expected to maintain a constant 2.8 percent growth rate in its dividends indefinitely.If the stock sells for $19 a share, what is the company's cost of equity?

Spartans has 6.5 percent bonds outstanding that mature in 18 years.The bonds pay interest semiannually and have a face value of $1,000.Currently, the bonds are selling for $985 each.What is the firm's pretax cost of debt?

Which one of the following will increase the cost of equity, all else held constant?

Which one of the following will decrease the aftertax cost of debt for a firm?

Katie owns 100 shares of ABC stock.Which one of the following terms is used to refer to the return that Katie and the other shareholders require on their investment in ABC?

Fire Hydrant Pet Supply just paid its first annual dividend of $0.75 a share.The firm plans to increase the dividend by 2.9 percent per year indefinitely.What is the firm's cost of equity if the current stock price is $16.90 per share?