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a. The required rate of return on Okefenokee stock is 16%.
b. WACC = 10.56%.
c. Estimate the discount rate for an expansion of the company's present business.
It should be the same as the WACC = 10.56%
d. The required rate of return on Okefenokee's new venture is Ke = 18 %.
Explanation:
Here the given is,
E = $6 million, D = $4 million, Beta = 1.2,
Rmp = the expected risk premium on the market =10%.
Rf = The Treasury bill rate = 4%
a. The required rate of return on Okefenokee stock,
%.
b. Tax rate, T = 40%
The proportion of debt =
Proportion of equity, We = 1 - Wd = 1 - 0.4 = 0.6
Cost of debt, Kd = Risk-free rate as debt is free of default = 4%
WACC = 10.56%.
c. Estimate the discount rate for an expansion of the company's present business.
It should be the same as the WACC = 10.56%
d. Suppose the company wants to diversify into the manufacture of rose-colored glasses. The beta of optical manufacturers with no debt outstanding is 1.4. What is the required rate of return on Okefenokee's new venture? (You should assume that the risky project will not enable the firm to issue an additional debt)
Ke = 18 %.