NuPress Valet Has a Proposed Investment with an Initial Cost

question 51

Multiple Choice

NuPress Valet has a proposed investment with an initial cost of $62 million and cash flows of $12.5 million for five years.Debt represents 50 percent of the capital structure.The cost of equity is 12 percent,the pretax cost of debt is 8.5 percent,and the tax rate is 34 percent.What is the firm's WACC?

• A)6.15%
• B)9.12%
• C)8.81%
• D)10.25%
• E)9.75%

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