Question

You were hired as a consultant to Quigley Company, whose target capital structure is 35% debt, 10% preferred, and 55% common equity. The interest rate on new debt is 6.50%, the yield on the preferred is 6.00%, the cost of retained earnings is 10.50%, and the tax rate is 25%. The firm will not be issuing any new stock. What is Quigley's WACC?

Answer 1

Answer:

8.1%

Explanation:

Firstly, let look at the formula for calculating weighted average cost of capital (WACC):

WACC = (D/A) x r_D x (1-t) + (E/A) x r_E + (PE/A) x r_PE, where:

A: Market value of company asset;

D: Market value of company debt;

E: Market value of company equity;

PE: Market value of company preferred equity;

r_D: cost of debt;

r_E: cost of equity/retained earnings;

r_PE: cost of preferred equity;

t: tax rate

Putting all the numbers together, we have:

WACC = 35% x 6.5% x (1-25%) +  55% x  10.5%  + 10% x 6% = 8.1%

Answer 2

Answer:

The answer is 8.08%.

Explanation:

We have the WACC is equal to weighted average of After-tax cost of Debt, Cost of preferred shares and Cost of common shares.

WACC = Percentage of Debt in capital structure * (1 - tax rate) * Cost of Debt + Percentage of Preferred share in capital structure * Cost of preferred shares + Percentage of common equity in capital structure * Cost of common equity = 35% * ( 1 - 25%) * 6.5% + 10% * 6.00% + 55% * 10.50% = 8.08%.

So, the WACC is 8.08%.