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The market value of Charter Cruise Company's equity is $15 million and the market value of its debt is $5 million. If the required rate of return on the equity is 20 percent and that on its debt is 8 percent, calculate the company's cost of capital. (Assume tax rate is 35%.)
The answer is A
| Market Value of Equity | $ 15 million | |||||
| Market Value of Debt | $ 5 million | |||||
| Total Market Value | $ 20 million | |||||
| Rate of return on equity ke | 20% | |||||
| Rate of return of debt kd | 8% | |||||
| Tax rate | 35% | |||||
| Company Cost of capital | =weight *ke+weight*KD8(-tax rate) | |||||
| =(15/20*20%)+((5/20*8%*(1-0.35))) | ||||||
| 16.3% | ||||||