Leverage and the cost of capital spam corp. is financed entirely by common stock and has a beta of 1.0. the firm is expected to generate a level, perpetual stream of earnings and dividends. the stock has a price–earnings ratio of 8 and a cost of equity of 12.5%. the company’s stock is selling for $50. now the firm decides to repurchase half of its shares and substitute an equal value of debt. the debt is risk-free, with a 5% interest rate. the company is exempt from corporate income taxes. assuming mm are correct, calculate the following items after the refinancing: a. cost of equity
b. overall cost of capital (wacc)
c. price-earnings ratio
d. stock price
e. stock's beta

Instructions: use the following information to construct the 2000 balance sheet and income statement for carolina business machines. round all numbers to the nearest whole dollar. all numbers are in thousands of dollars. be sure to read the whole problem before you jump in and get started. at the end of 1999 the firm had $43,000 in gross fixed assets. in 2000 they purchased an additional $14,000 of fixed asset equipment. accumulated depreciation at the end of 1999 was $21,000. the depreciation expense in 2000 is $4,620. at the end of 2000 the firm had $3,000 in cash and $3,000 in accounts payable. in 2000 the firm extended a total of $9,000 in credit to a number of their customers in the form of accounts receivable. the firm generated $60,000 in sales revenue in 2000. their cost of goods sold was 60 percent of sales. they also incurred salaries and wages expense of $10,000. to date the firm has $1,000 in accrued salaries and wages. they borrowed $10,000 from their local bank to finance the $15,000 in inventory they now have on hand. the firm also has $7,120 invested in marketable securities. the firm currently has $20,000 in long-term debt outstanding and paid $2,000 in interest on their outstanding debt. over the firm's life, shareholders have put up $30,000. eighty percent of the shareholder's funds are in the form of retained earnings. the par value per share of carolina business machines stock is