Question

Sports Corp has 11.7 million shares of common stock outstanding, 6.7 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 2.7 million bonds. If the common shares are selling for $26.7 per share, the preferred share are selling for $14.2 per share, and the bonds are selling for 96.83 percent of par, what would be the weight used for common stock in the computation of Sports's WACC

Answer 1

Answer: 10.34%

Explanation:

First calculate the value of the company's total capital:

= Common stock + Preferred stock + Debt

= (11,700,000 * 26.70) + (6,700,000 * 14.20) + (2,700,000 * 96.83/100 * 1,000 par value)

= $3,021,940,000

The weight to be used for common stock is:

= Common stock value / Total capital value

= (11,700,000 * 26.70) / 3,021,940,000

= 312,390,000 / 3,021,940,000

= 10.34%