Ignacio, Inc., had after-tax operating income last year of $1,196,500. Three sources of financing were used by the company: $1 million of mortgage bonds paying 4 percent interest, $6 million of unsecured bonds paying 6 percent interest, and $11 million in common stock, which was considered to be relatively risky (with a risk premium of 8 percent). The rate on long-term treasuries is 4 percent. Ignacio, Inc., pays a marginal tax rate of 30 percent.

Required:

1. Calculate the after-tax cost of each method of financing. Enter your answers as decimal values rounded to three places. For example, 4.36% would be entered as ".044".

Mortgage bonds______
Unsecured bonds_______
Common stock_________

2. Calculate the weighted average cost of capital for Ignacio, Inc. Round intermediate calculations to four decimal places. Round your final answer to four decimal places before converting to a percentage. For example, .06349 would be rounded to .0635 and entered as "6.35" percent.

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Calculate the total dollar amount of capital employed for Ignacio, Inc.

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3. Calculate economic value added (EVA) for Ignacio, Inc., for last year. If the EVA is negative, enter your answer as a negative amount.

$ ___________

Is the company creating or destroying wealth?

- Select your answer - (Creating/ Destroying)?

4. What if Ignacio, Inc., had common stock which was less risky than other stocks and commanded a risk premium of 5 percent? How would that affect the weighted average cost of capital? - Select your answer - (Higher/Lower/Unaffected)?

What is the new EVA? In your calculations, round weighted average percentage cost of capital to four decimal places. If the EVA is negative, enter your answer as a negative amount.

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