Answer : WACC = 14.39%
Working notes for the above answer is as under
stock has a beta of 1.45,
Treasury bills yield 5%,
the market portfolio offers an expected return of 14%
firm finances 30% of its assets with debt so remaining 70 % is equity
yeild to maturity of 9%.
the firm is in the 35% marginal tax bracket.
Now we will put all this figure in the formulla
WACC = r(E) × w(E) + r(D) × (1 – t) × w(D)
First of all we will find return on equity
re= 0.05 + 1.45 (0.14-0.05)
=0.05+ 0.1305
=0.1805
Now we will put these figure in the formulla
WACC=
0.3 * (1- 0.35) * 0.09) + (0.7 *0.1805)
=0.01755+ 0.12635
=14.39%