Delta lighting has 24,500 shares of common stock outstanding at a market price of $19 a share. this stock was originally issued at $21 per share. the firm also has a bond issue outstanding with a total face value of $250,000 which is selling for 94 percent of par. the cost of equity is 12.6 percent while the aftertax cost of debt is 5.8 percent. the firm has a beta of 1.33 and a tax rate of 23 percent. what is the weighted average cost of capital?

Which of the following statements is correct? stockholders should generally be happier than bondholders to have managers invest in risky projects with high potential returns as opposed to safe projects with lower expected returns. potential conflicts between stockholders and bondholders are increased if a firm's bonds are convertible into its common stock. takeovers are most likely to be attempted if the target firm’s stock price is above its intrinsic value. one advantage of operating a business as a corporation is that stockholders can deduct their pro rata share of the taxes the firm pays, thereby eliminating the double taxation investors would face in a partnership.