Granite works maintains a debt-equity ratio of .65 and has a tax rate of 21 percent. the pretax cost of debt is 9.8 percent. there are 25,000 shares of stock outstanding with a beta of 1.2 and a market price of $25 a share. the current market risk premium is 8.5 percent and the current risk-free rate is 3.6 percent. this year, the firm paid an annual dividend of $1.90 a share and expects to increase that amount by 3 percent each year. using an average expected cost of equity, what is the weighted average cost of capital?

Marta communications, inc. has provided incomplete financial statements for the month ended march 31. the controller has asked you to calculate the missing amounts in the incomplete financial statements. use the information included in the excel simulation and the excel functions described below to complete the task

Abbington company has a manufacturing facility in brooklyn that manufactures robotic equipment for the auto industry. for year 1, abbingtonabbington collected the following information from its main production line: actual quantity purchased-200 units, actual quantity used-110 units, units standard quantity-100 units, actual price paid-$8 per unit, standard price-$10 per unit. atlantic isolates price variances at the time of purchase. what is the materials price variance for year 1? 1. $400 favorable. 2. $400 unfavorable. 3. $220 favorable. 4. $220 unfavorable.

You are bearish on telecom and decide to sell short 100 shares at the current market price of $50 per share. a. how much in cash or securities must you put into your brokerage account if the broker’s initial margin requirement is 50% of the value of the short position? b. how high can the price of the stock go before you get a margin call if the maintenance margin is 30% of the value of the short position? (input the amount as a positive value. round your answer to 2 decimal places.)