Health and Wealth Company Is Financed Entirely by Common Stock

question 77

Multiple Choice

Health and Wealth Company is financed entirely by common stock that is priced to offer a 15 percent expected return. If the company repurchases 25 percent of the common stock and substitutes an equal value of debt yielding 6 percent, what is the expected return on the common stock after refinancing? (Ignore taxes.)

• A)18.0 percent
• B)21.0 percent
• C)15.0 percent
• D)10.5 percent

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