Question

Exxon has the following capital structure: the firm issued 6 million shares of common stock with the stock price in c), the firm also issued 1.5 million shares of preferred stock with $4.5 preferred dividend per share, currently, Exxon has $25 millions in debts with interest rate as 6.5%. Suppose the current preferred stock price is $6 per share and the current common stock price is as in question (c), and the corporate tax rate is 25%. What is the (after-tax) weighted average cost of capital for Exxon

Answer 1

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answer : WACC =  15.76%

Explanation:

Given that the common stock price = $9 ( as seen in option C not attached above )

value of common stock = $9 * 6 * 10^6 = $54,000,000

cost of common equity = 10.93%

current preferred stock price = $6

value of preferred stock = $6 * 1,500,000 = $9,000,000

hence the cost of the preferred equity = $4.5 / $6 = 0.75 = 75%

interest rate of debts = 6.5%

value of debit = $25,000,000

Corporate tax rate = 25%

∴ The cost of the debit after tax = 6.5% * ( 1 - 25)% = 4.88%

The Total value = value of common stock + value of preferred stock + value of debit

 = 54,000,000 + 9,000,000 + 25,000,00 = $88,000,000

Finally the weighted average cost of capital ( WACC )

[weight of debt * cost of debt after tax ] + [ weight of common equity * cost of common equity ] + [weight of preferred * cost of preferred ]

= [ (25/88) * 4.875 ] + [(54/88) * 10.933] + [ (9/88) * 75 ]

= 15.76%