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David Ortiz Motors has a target capital structure of 35% debt and 65% equity. The yield to maturity on the company's outstanding bonds is 10%, and the company's tax rate is 40%. Ortiz's CFO has calculated the company's WACC as 9.84%. What is the company's cost of equity capital? Round your answer to two decimal places. Please provide a simplified formula to calculate the result and step by step how you got the figures.
Compute the after-tax cost of debt, using the equation as shown below:
After-tax cost = Yield*(1 – Tax rate)
= 10%*(1 – 0.40)
= 6%
Hence, the after-tax cost of debt is 6%.
Compute the cost of equity, using the equation as shown below:
WACC = (Cost of equity*Equity Weight) + (Debt cost*Debt weight)
9.84% = (Cost of equity*65%) + (6%*35%)
9.84% = (Cost of equity*65%) + 2.1%
Rearrange the above-mentioned equation to determine the cost of equity as follows:
Cost of equity = (9.84% - 2.1%)/ 65%
= 7.74%/ 65%
= 11.91%
Hence, the cost of equity is 11.91%