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  • Dec 20, 2008, 10:36 AM
    ashikr65
    What is the Cost of Debt in this calculation?
    I am asked to calculate the Optimal Capital Structure for a company.

    The company has:
    Debt = 500K
    Equity = 2000K (calculated from the Num. of outstanding share * Price per share)
    So the current Value of the firm is: Debt + Equity = 500 + 2000 = 2500

    The debt ratio is: Debt / Firm Value = 500/2500 = 1/5
    The equity ratio is: Equity / Firm Value = 2000/2500 = 4/5
    Debt Equity ratio: Debt / Equity = 1/4
    Beta = 1.15
    Market risk premium = 5.5% = 0.055 (given)
    Tax rate = 40% = 0.4 (given)

    Interest rate of debt with "BBB" rating is: 10%
    T-Bill or risk-free rate is: 6%

    Confusion 1: If I calculate market risk premium from BBB rate - T-Bill rate, it is = 4%
    Is my calculation correct?

    Therefore, (considering given market risk premium)
    CAPM or Rs or Re = Risk-Free rate + Beta(Market Premium)
  • Dec 20, 2008, 10:40 AM
    ashikr65

    Sorry I could not finish my question and mistakenly placed it:

    so Re = 6% + 1.15(5.5%) = 0.1233 or 12.33%

    Confusion 2:
    Rd or Cost of Debt = 10% or it has to be calculated somehow?
    Is the interest rate on debt and cost of debt the same thing?

    This is the only part I am worried about after that I can calculate the WACC at every level of debt ratio to find the optimal capital structure.

    Please help me ASAP.

    Thanks
  • Oct 4, 2009, 05:54 AM
    caroline88
    Cost of debt is 10%.

    Cost of debt is the cost a firm payout for obtaining a debt, so it is the interest rate of 10%

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