ABC Company and $xYZ$ Company are$-$identical firms in all respects except for their capital structure. ABC is all$-$equity financed with $$500,000$ in stock. $xYZ$ uses both stock and perpetual debt; its stock is worth $$250,000$ and the interest rate on its debt is $8$ percent. Both firms expect EBIT to be $$51,000.$ Ignore taxes.

a$.$ Rico owns $$25,000$ worth of $xYZ\text{'}$s stock. What rate of return is he expecting? $($Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.,32\mathrm{.}16.)$

b$.$ Suppose Rico invests in ABC Company and uses homemade leverage. Calculate his total cash flow and rate of return. $($Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your rate of return answer as a percent rounded to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.,32\mathrm{.}16.)$

c$.$ What is the cost of equity for ABC and $xYZ?($Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.,32\mathrm{.}16.)$

d$.$ What is the WACC for ABC and $xYZ?($Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to $2$ decimal places, e$.$g$.,32\mathrm{.}16.)$

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