An analyst is trying to determine the capital structure for Big Dawg Incorporated. After some careful research, the analyst knows the following:
--Big Dawg has 1.94 million shares of common stock trading today at $19.13 per share. The book value of Big Dawg common stock is $15.00 million. The cost of equity for the firm is estimated to be 16.00%.
--Big Dawg has $9.00 million in long-term debt on its balance sheet. The debt is trading at 92.00% of face value in the market with a yield to maturity of 9.00%. The tax rate facing the firm is 36.00%.
What portion is equity in the firm’s capital structure?
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Answer format: Percentage Round to: 2 decimal places (Example: 9.24%, % sign required. Will accept decimal format rounded to 4 decimal places (ex: 0.0924))
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