The Cost of Capital
Chapter 8
The Cost of Capital
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CHAPTER 8—THE COST OF CAPITAL
TRUE/FALSE
1. Capital refers to items on the right-hand side of a firm's balance sheet.
2. The component costs of capital are market-determined variables in as much as they are based on investors' required returns.
3. The cost of debt is equal to one minus the marginal tax rate multiplied by the coupon rate on outstanding debt.
4. The cost of issuing preferred stock by a corporation must be adjusted to an after-tax figure because of the 70 percent dividend exclusion provision for corporations holding other corporations' preferred stock.
5. The firm's cost of external equity capital is the same as the required rate of return on the firm's outstanding common stock.
6. The cost of equity raised by retaining earnings can be less than, equal to, or greater than the cost of equity raised by selling new issues of common stock, depending on tax rates, flotation costs, the attitude of investors, and other factors.
7. The cost of equity capital from the sale of new common stock (ke) is generally equal to the cost of equity capital from retention of earnings (ks), divided by one minus the flotation cost as a percentage of sales price (1 - F).
8. Funds acquired by the firm through retaining earnings have no cost because there are no dividend or interest payments associated with them, but capital raised by selling new stock or bonds does have a cost.
9. The weighted average cost of capital increases if the total funds required call for an amount of equity in excess of what can be obtained as retained earnings.
10. The marginal cost of capital (MCC) is the cost of the last dollar of new capital that the firm raises, and the marginal cost declines as more and more of a specific type of capital is raised during a given period.
11. Even if a firm obtains all of its common equity from retained earnings, its MCC schedule might still increase if very large amounts of new capital
The Cost of Capital
236
CHAPTER 8—THE COST OF CAPITAL
TRUE/FALSE
1. Capital refers to items on the right-hand side of a firm's balance sheet.
2. The component costs of capital are market-determined variables in as much as they are based on investors' required returns.
3. The cost of debt is equal to one minus the marginal tax rate multiplied by the coupon rate on outstanding debt.
4. The cost of issuing preferred stock by a corporation must be adjusted to an after-tax figure because of the 70 percent dividend exclusion provision for corporations holding other corporations' preferred stock.
5. The firm's cost of external equity capital is the same as the required rate of return on the firm's outstanding common stock.
6. The cost of equity raised by retaining earnings can be less than, equal to, or greater than the cost of equity raised by selling new issues of common stock, depending on tax rates, flotation costs, the attitude of investors, and other factors.
7. The cost of equity capital from the sale of new common stock (ke) is generally equal to the cost of equity capital from retention of earnings (ks), divided by one minus the flotation cost as a percentage of sales price (1 - F).
8. Funds acquired by the firm through retaining earnings have no cost because there are no dividend or interest payments associated with them, but capital raised by selling new stock or bonds does have a cost.
9. The weighted average cost of capital increases if the total funds required call for an amount of equity in excess of what can be obtained as retained earnings.
10. The marginal cost of capital (MCC) is the cost of the last dollar of new capital that the firm raises, and the marginal cost declines as more and more of a specific type of capital is raised during a given period.
11. Even if a firm obtains all of its common equity from retained earnings, its MCC schedule might still increase if very large amounts of new capital