Braxton corp. has no debt but can borrow at 6.5 percent. the firm’s wacc is currently 8.3 percent, and the tax rate is 35 percent. a. what is the company’s cost of equity? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.) cost of equity .083 % b. if the firm converts to 15 percent debt, what will its cost of equity be? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.) cost of equity % c. if the firm converts to 40 percent debt, what will its cost of equity be? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.) cost of equity % d-1 if the firm converts to 15 percent debt, what is the company’s wacc? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.) wacc % d-2 if the firm converts to 40 percent debt, what is the company’s wacc? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.) wacc %

Wallace company provides the following data for next year: month budgeted sales january $120,000 february 108,000 march 140,000 april 147,000 the gross profit rate is 35% of sales. inventory at the end of december is $29,600 and target ending inventory levels are 10% of next month's sales, stated at cost. what is the amount of purchases budgeted for january?

Calculate the required rate of return for climax inc., assuming that (1) investors expect a 4.0% rate of inflation in the future, (2) the real risk-free rate is 3.0%, (3) the market risk premium is 5.0%, (4) the firm has a beta of 2.30, and (5) its realized rate of return has averaged 15.0% over the last 5 years. do not round your intermediate calculations.

Expert computers was started in 2018. the company experienced the following accounting events during its first year of operation: started business when it acquired $40,000 cash from the issue of common stock. purchased merchandise with a list price of $32,000 on account, terms 2/10, n/30. paid off one-half of the accounts payable balance within the discount period. sold merchandise on account for $28,000. credit terms were 1/20, n/30. the merchandise had cost expert computers $16,000. collected cash from the account receivable within the discount period. paid $2,100 cash for operating expenses. paid the balance due on accounts payable. the payment was not made within the discount period. required record the events in a horizontal statements model below. in the cash flows column, use the letters oa to designate operating activity, ia for investing activity, fa for financing activity, or nc for net change in cash. if the account is not affected by the event, leave the cell blank. the first event is recorded as an example. what is the amount of gross margin for the period? what is the net income for the period?