Item 4 A coupon bond that pays interest annually has a par value of $1,000, matures in seven years, and has a yield to maturity
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Answer:
0.4766
Explanation:
Given:
WACC = 9.7%
Company’s cost of equity = 12%
Pretax cost of debt = 7.5%
Tax rate = 35%
Now,
WACC
= Weight × Cost of equity + (1 - weight) × Pretax cost of debt × (1-tax rate)
or
0.097 = weight × 0.12 + ( 1 - weight ) × 0.075 × (1 - 0.35)
or
0.097 = 0.12 × weight + 0.04875 - 0.04875 × weight
or
0.04825 = 0.07125 × weight
or
weight = 0.6772
also,
weight =
or
=
or
=
+ 1
or
1.4766 = + 1
or
= 0.4766