A firm has a debt-to-equity ratio of 50%. The firm’s equity beta
is 1.5 and the cost of debt is 6%. Assume the market risk premium
is 6%, the 10-year Treasury bond yield is 3%, and the corporate
income tax rate is 40%.
Estimate the firm’s WACC.
Estimate the firm’s unlevered cost of equity,
ku. (Hint: Since the debt ratio is constant,
you can assume ktax = ku.
Use Equation 3c2.)
If the firm plans to increase the debt-to-equity ratio...