Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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ISBN: 9780077861759
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13, Problem 17QP
Summary Introduction
To determine: The WACC of the company.
Introduction: The WACC (Weighted Average Cost of Capital) is the total rate of return for a company which anticipates reimbursing all their investors. It is considered as a financing resource in the target capital structure of a company and it measured in terms of weights of fractions.
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Debt:
Common stock:
Preferred stock:
Market:
5,000 8.5 percent coupon bonds outstanding, $1,000 par
value, 21 years to maturity, selling for 103 percent of par; the
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110,000 shares outstanding, selling for $62 per share; the
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Find the WACC. (Do not round your intermediate calculations.)
PLEASE SHOW CALCULATION AND FORMULA, THANKYOUCompany A has the following:Debt: 50,000 bonds with a coupon rate of 5.7 percent and a current price quote of 106.5; the bonds have 20 years to maturity. 200,000 zero coupon bonds with a price quote of 17.5 and 30 years until maturity.
Preferred stock: 125,000 shares of 4 percent preferred stock with a current price of $79, and a par value of $100.
Common stock: 2,300,000 shares of common stock; the current price is $65, and the stock beta is 1.20.
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17. Preferred Stock and WACC The Saunders Investment Bank has the following financing outstanding. What is the WACC for the
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40,000 bonds with a coupon rate of 4.9 percent and a current price quote of 106.5; the bonds have 15 years to
maturity and a par value of $1,000. 40,000 zero coupon bonds with a price quote of 21.8, 30 years until maturity,
and a par value of $10,000. Both bonds have semiannual compunding.
135,000 shares of 3.5 percent preferred stock with a current price of $87 and a par value of $100.
1,900,000 shares of common stock; the current price is $73 and the beta of the stock is 1.15.
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Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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