B&B Inc. has a book value of debt of $500,000. The market value of debt is $550,000. Its pre-tax cost of debt is 10%, and its beta is equal to 2. The tax rate is 40%. The firm has an annual EBIT of $200,000. In the market, you observe that T-bills are being sold to yield 1%, and the S&P/TSX Composite Index is expected to yield 6%.
What is B&B’s weighted average cost of capital? Assume there is no cost of financial distress.