Question

Brown Industries has a debt-equity ratio of 1.2. Its WACC is 14 percent, and its cost of debt is 5 percent. There is no corporate tax. a. What is the company’s cost of equity capital? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b-1. What would the cost of equity be if the debt-equity ratio were 2? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.) b-2. What would the cost of equity be if the debt-equity ratio were .6? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b-3. What would the cost of equity be if the debt-equity ratio were zero? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.)

Answer 1

B-1)

B-2)

B-3)

since the debt is zero effectively WACC is the cost of equity capital.