Question

You are given the following information concerning Around Town Tours:Debt: 7,500, 6.8 percent coupon bonds outstanding, with 11 years to maturity and a quoted price of 97.9. These bonds pay interest semiannually.Common stock: 284,000 shares of common stock selling for $68 per share. The stock has a beta of 1.04 and will pay a dividend of $2.62 next year. The dividend is expected to grow by 2.5 percent per year indefinitely.Preferred stock: 9,000 shares of $8 preferred stock selling at $88 per share.Market: 14.6 percent expected return, 4.1 percent risk-free rate Company: 34 percent tax rate.Calculate the WACC for this firm.

Answer 1

Answer:

9.0%

Explanation:

Calculation to determine the WACC for this firm

First step

Common stock=284,000 × $68

Common stock= $19,312,000

Second step is to calculate the Preferred stock

Preferred stock=9,000 × $88

Preferred stock= $792,000

Debt= 7,500 × .979 × $1,000

Debt = $7,342,500

Value = $19,312,000 + 792,000 + $7,342,500

Value= $27,446,500

Second step

RE = .041 + 1.04(.146-.041)

RE= .1502

RE = ($2.62 /$68) + .025

RE= .0635

Average RE = (.1502+ .0635)/2

Average RE = .1069

RP = $8/$88

RP = .0909

Fourth step

$979 = [(.068 × $1,000) / 2] × ({1- 1 / [1 + (r/ 2)]22} / (r / 2)) + $1,000 / [1 + (r / 2)]22

r = 7.08 %

Now let calculate the WACC

WACC = ($19,312,000/$27,446,500)(.1069) + ($792,000/$27,446,500)(.0909) + ($7,342,500/$27,446,500)(.0708)(1 -.34)

WACC= .090*100

WACC=9.0 %

Therefore the WACC for this firm is 9.0%