Question

Western Electric has 32,500 shares of common stock outstanding at a price per share of $80 and a rate of return of 12.95 percent. The firm has 7,350 shares of 7.90 percent preferred stock outstanding at a price of $95.50 per share. The preferred stock has a par value of $100. The outstanding debt has a total face value of $407,000 and currently sells for 111.5 percent of face. The yield to maturity on the debt is 8.11 percent. What is the firm's weighted average cost of capital if the tax rate is 40 percent

Answer 1

Answer:

c. 11.10%

Explanation:

Options are "a. 10.29% b. 10.51% c. 11.10% d. 10.72% e. 11.49%"

Market Value of Equity = $80 * 32,500

Market Value of Equity = $2,600,000

Market Value of Preferred Stock = $95.50 * 7350

Market Value of Preferred Stock = $701,925

Market Value of Debt = $407,000 * 1.115

Market Value of Debt = $453,805

Total Market Value = Market Value of Equity + Market Value of Preferred Stock + Market Value of Debt

Total Market Value = $2,600,000 + $701,925 + $453,805

Total Market Value = $3,755,730

kP = Annual Dividend / Current Market Price

kP = $7.90 / $95.50

kP = 0.082723

kP = 8.27%

WACC = [wD * kD * (1 - t)] + [wP * kP] + [wE * kE]

WACC = [(453,805/3,755,730) * 8.11% * (1 - 0.40)] + [(701,925/3,755,730) * 8.27%] + [(2,600,000/3,755,730) * 12.95%]

WACC = 0.59% + 1.55% + 8.96%

WACC = 11.10%