Harper Co. has fixed costs of $2,400,000. It produces a single
product that has a price per unit of $32.50 and a variable cost per
unit of $13.04. What is the company's break-even point (i.e., at
what unit sales volume will its revenue equal its costs)?
123,330
227,386
288,412
329,115
380,500
Fox Software Co. wants to find its optimal capital structure.
Its current capital structure is 20% debt and 80% equity, but the
CFO hopes they can use more debt to achieve a lower cost of
capital. Right now, the risk-free rate is 5%, the market risk
premium is 6%, and the firm's tax rate is 35%. Using the CAPM, the
company's cost of equity today is 10%. If the company changes its
capital structure to 30% debt and 70% equity, what will its new
cost of equity capital be using the CAPM model?
7.72%
8.85%
9.71%
10.50%
12.50%