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The Nantucket Nugget Is Unlevered and Is Valued at €640,000

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The Nantucket Nugget is unlevered and is valued at €640,000.Nantucket is currently deciding whether including debt in its capital structure would increase its value.The current of cost of equity is 12%.Under consideration is issuing €300,000 in new debt with an 8% interest rate.Nantucket would repurchase €300,000 of equity with the proceeds of the debt issue.There are currently 32,000 shares outstanding and its effective marginal tax bracket is 34%.What will Nantucket's new WACC be?


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Total Liabilities

Comprises all the obligations a company owes, including loans, accounts payable, mortgages, deferred revenues, bond issues, warranties, and accrued expenses.

Total Equity

The total of all ownership interest in a company, calculated as total assets minus total liabilities.

Debt-Equity Ratio

An indicator of the financial distribution between shareholder equity and debt in asset financing.

Total Debt

The sum of all short-term and long-term liabilities owed by a company, reflecting its overall debt load.

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