Problem:
A company is 36% financed by risk-free debt. The interest rate is 9%, the expected market risk premium is 7%, and the beta of the company's common stock is 0.63.
Required:
Question 1: What is the company cost of capital?
Question 2: What is the after-tax WACC, assuming that the company pays tax at a 34% rate?
Note: Please provide step by step solution.