Coptermagic Company supplies helicopters to corporate clients.Coptermagic has two sources of funds: long term debt with a market and book value of $32 million issued at an interest rate of 10%,and equity capital that has a market value of $18 million and book value of $8 million.The cost of equity capital for Coptermagic is 15%,and its tax rate is 30%.Coptermagic has profit centres in four divisions that operate autonomously.The company's results for the past year are as follows:

Required:
a.Compute Coptermagic's weighted average cost of capital.
b.Compute each division's Economic Value Added.
c.Rank the divisions by EVA.

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Coptermagic Company supplies helicopters to corporate clients.Coptermagic has two sources of funds: long term debt with a market and book value of $32 million issued at an interest rate of 10%,and equity capital that has a market value of $18 million and book value of $8 million.The cost of equity capital for Coptermagic is 15%,and its tax rate is 30%.Coptermagic has profit centres in four divisions that operate autonomously.The company's results for the past year are as follows:
  
Required:
a.Compute Coptermagic's weighted average cost of capital.
b.Compute each division's Economic Value Added.
c.Rank the divisions by EVA.

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The Answer of Coptermagic Company supplies helicopters to corporate clients.Coptermagic has two sources of funds: long term debt with a market and book value of $32 million issued at an interest rate of 10%,and equity capital that has a market value of $18 million and book value of $8 million.The cost of equity capital for Coptermagic is 15%,and its tax rate is 30%.Coptermagic has profit centres in four divisions that operate autonomously.The company's results for the past year are as follows:
  
Required:
a.Compute Coptermagic's weighted average cost of capital.
b.Compute each division's Economic Value Added.
c.Rank the divisions by EVA.

Coptermagic Company Supplies Helicopters to Corporate Clients