Exam 11: The Cost of Capital

J. Ross and Sons Inc. has a target capital structure that calls for 40 percent debt, 10 percent preferred stock, and 50 percent common equity. Ross' common stock currently sells for $40 per share. The firm recently paid a dividend equal to $2 per share on its common stock, and investors expect the dividend to grow indefinitely at a constant rate of 10 percent per year. If it issues new common stock, the firm will incur flotation costs equal to 7 percent. What is the firm's cost of retained earnings?

The average rate of return that investors require to provide funds to the firm in the form of debt is the ________. 

Alpha Inc. combines the marginal cost of capital (MCC) schedule with the investment opportunity schedule (IOS) on a single graph. Which of the following areas on the MCC/IOS graph shows the maximum excess of marginal returns over marginal costs?

Which of the following statements concerning the effect of taxes on a firm's cost of capital is correct?

The component costs of capital are market-determined variables in as much as they are based on investors' required returns. 

Smith and Sons Inc. has a target capital structure that calls for 40 percent debt, 10 percent preferred stock, and 50 percent common equity. The firm's current after-tax cost of debt is 6 percent, and it can sell as much debt as it wishes at this rate. The firm's cost of preferred stock is 11 percent and its cost of retained earnings is 14 percent. The firm expects to generate $15,000 in retained earnings this year. Compute the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) break point associated with issuing new common stock. 

Super Solutions Inc. just paid a dividend equal to $3.00 per share. Its stock sells for $33.00 per share, it is growing at an annual rate equal to 6 percent, which is expected to continue long into the future. What is Super's cost of retained earnings?

Beige Inc. plans to issue preferred stock that pays a dividend equal to $11.52 per share and sells for $120 per share to raise funds to support future growth. It will cost 4 percent, or $4.80 per share, to issue the new preferred stock, which means that Beige will net $115.20 per share. What is the cost of preferred stock Beige should use when computing its weighted average cost of capital (WACC)?

A firm's cost of external equity capital (cost of issuing new stock) is equal to the rate of return that stockholders demand (require) to invest in the firm's outstanding common stock. 

Marigold Inc.'s common stock currently sells for $40 per share, but the firm will net only $34 per share if it issues new common stock. The firm recently paid a dividend equal to $2 per share on its common stock, and investors expect the dividend to grow indefinitely at a constant rate of 10 percent per year. What is Marigold's cost of new common equity?

A firm's weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is:

Rollins Corporation is constructing its marginal cost of capital (MCC) schedule. Its target capital structure is 30 percent debt, 20 percent preferred stock, and 50 percent common equity. Its bonds have a 12 percent coupon rate of interest, semiannual interest payments, a current maturity of 20 years, and a market value equal to their par value of $1,000. The firm's marginal tax rate is 40 percent. What is Rollins' after-tax cost of debt?

For a particular firm, depending on tax rates, flotation costs, and the attitude of investors, the cost of new common equity, re, can be less than, equal to, or greater than its before-tax cost of debt, rd. 

Omega Inc. expects its net income to be $525,000 this year. The firm's dividend payout ratio is 60 percent. The firm is financed with 30 percent debt, and it has no preferred stock outstanding. What is the retained earnings break point for Omega Inc.?

A graph of the capital budgeting projects a firm is evaluating ranked in the order of their internal rates of return is called a(n) _____.