W.V. Trees, Inc. has a debt-equity ratio of 1.4. Its WACC is 10 percent, and its cost of debt is 9 percent. The corporate tax rate is 33 percent. What is the firm’s unlevered cost of equity capital?

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W.V. Trees, Inc. has a debt-equity ratio of 1.4. Its WACC is 10 percent, and its cost of debt is 9 percent. The corporate tax rate is 33 percent. What is the firm’s unlevered cost of equity capital?

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WACC

= 0.10

= (1/2.4) RE + (1.4/2.4) (0.09) (1 – 0.33); RE = 0.15558
RE

= 0.15558

= RU + (RU – 0.09)(1.4)(1 – 0.33); RU

= 12.38 %

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