Answer:
A. What is the company's cost of preferred equity?
B. What is the company's cost of common equity?
C. What is the company's WACC?
Explanation:
20% debt ⇒ after tax cost of debt 3.76%
20% preferred stock ⇒ 8.42%
60% common equity ⇒ 11.45%
in order to determine the after tax cost of debt we must first determine the yield to maturity of debt:
approximate YTM = {37.5 +[(1,000 - 1,150.78)/40]} / [(1,000 + 1,150.78)/2] = 33.7305 / 1,075.39 = 3.3166% x 2 = 6.2732%
after tax cost of debt = 6.2732% x 0.6 = 3.76%
cost of preferred stocks = 8 / (100 x 0.95) = 8 / 95 = 8.42%
cost of equity (Re) = 2.45% + (1.8 x 5%) = 2.45% + 9% = 11.45%
WACC = (60% x 11.45%) + (20% x 8.42%) + (20% x 3.76%) = 6.87% + 1.684% + 0.752% = 9.306% = 9.31%
