Last Year Hamdi Corp

question 64

Multiple Choice

Last year Hamdi Corp. had sales of $500,000, operating costs of $450,000, and year-end assets of $395,000. The debt-to-total-assets ratio was 17%, the interest rate on the debt was 7.5%, and the firm's tax rate was 35%. The new CFO wants to see how the ROE would have been affected if the firm had used a 50% debt ratio. Assume that sales, operating costs, total assets, and the tax rate would not be affected, but the interest rate would rise to 8.0%. By how much would the ROE change in response to the change in the capital structure?

• A) 1.71%
• B) 1.90%
• C) 2.11%
• D) 2.34%
• E) 2.58%

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