1. Maxwell Industries has a debt– equity ratio of 1.5. Its WACC is 11 percent, and its cost of debt is 8 percent. The corporate tax rate is 35 percent.
a. What is Maxwell’s cost of equity capital?
b. What is Maxwell’s unlevered cost of equity capital?
2. Explain some of the factors that can affect the cost of capital and describe whether or not it is something that a company can control.