Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) A firm's weighted average cost of capital, denoted r_wacc, is the cost of capital that reflects the risk of the overall business, which is the combined risk of the firm's equity and debt.
• B) Intuitively, the difference between the discounted free cash flow model and the dividend-discount model is that in the divided-discount model, a firm's cash and debt are included indirectly through the effect of interest income and expenses on earnings in the dividend-discount model.
• C) We interpret r_wacc as the expected return a firm must pay to investors to compensate them for the risk of holding the firm's debt and equity together.
• D) When using the discounted free cash flow model, we should use a firm's equity cost of capital.

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