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

question 17

Essay

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 stock 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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Definitions:

IFRS

International Financial Reporting Standards, a set of accounting standards designed to ensure transparency, accountability, and efficiency in financial statements globally.

Fair Value

The estimated price at which an asset can be bought or sold in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a liquidation sale.

Capital Lease

A lease agreement where the lessee essentially becomes the owner of the asset for accounting purposes, often including an option to purchase at the lease's end.

Operating Lease

An operating lease is a lease agreement for the use of an asset where the lessee obtains rights to use the asset for a fraction of the asset's useful life without ownership transfer.