Home Decor has a debt-equity ratio of .54. The cost of equity is 15.7 percent, the pretax cost of debt is 6.8 percent, and the tax rate is 22 percent. What will be the cost of equity if the debt-equity ratio is revised to .65

Margaret company reported the following information for the current year: net sales $3,000,000 purchases $1,957,000 beginning inventory $245,000 ending inventory $115,000 cost of goods sold 65% of sales industry averages available are: inventory turnover 5.29 gross profit percentage 28% how do the inventory turnover and gross profit percentage for margaret company compare to the industry averages for the same ratios? (round inventory turnover to two decimal places. round gross profit percentage to the nearest percent.)