Question

Suppose your company needs $16 million to build a new assembly line. Your target debt−equity ratio is .7. The flotation cost for new equity is 9 percent, but the flotation cost for debt is only 6 percent. Your boss has decided to fund the project by borrowing money because the flotation costs are lower and the needed funds are relatively small. a. What is your company’s weighted average flotation cost, assuming all equity is raised externally?

Answer 1

Answer:

7.76%

Explanation:

The computation of the weighted average flotation cost is shown below:

= Weightage of equity × flotation cost for new equity +  Weightage of debt × flotation cost for debt

Since the debt-equity ratio is 0.7 which means the debt value is 7 and the equity value is 10 so the total firm would be 1.70

So, Weighted of debt = (0.7 ÷ 1.70) =0.411

And, the weighted of common stock = (Common stock ÷ total firm)

                                                              = (1) ÷ (1.70)

                                                              = 0.588    

Now put these values to the above formula  

So, the value would equal to

= (0.588 × 9%) + (0.411 × 6%)

= 0.05292% + 0.02466%

= 7.76%