Your Firm Is Planning to Invest in a New Electrostatic

Multiple Choice

Your firm is planning to invest in a new electrostatic power generation system.Electrostat Inc is a firm that specializes in this business.Electrostat has a stock price of $25 per share with 16 million shares outstanding.Electrostat's equity beta is 1.18.It also has $220 million in debt outstanding with a debt beta of 0.08.If the risk-free rate is 3%,and the market risk premium is 6%,then your estimate of your cost of capital for electrostatic power generators is closest to:

A) 7.50%.
B) 7.75%.
C) 9.50%.
D) 10.10%.