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A Second Look at the Weighted Average Cost of Capital 14. CoffeeCarts has a cost of equity of 15%, has an effective cost of debt of 4%, and is financed 70% with equity and 30% with debt. What is this firms WACC? 15, AlJCity, Inc., is financed 40% with debt, 10% with preferred stock, and 50% with com- mon stock. Its pretax cost of debt is 6%, its preferred stock pays an annual dividend of $2.50 and is priced at $30. It has an equity beta of 1.1. Assume the risk-free rate is2%,. the market risk premium is 7b and AllCity's tax rate is 25%. What is its after-taxWACC? 16. Pfd Company has debt with a yield to maturity of 7%, a cost of equity of 13%, and a cost of preferred stock of 9%. The market values of its debt, preferred stock, and equity are $10 million, $3 milion, and $15 million, respectively, and its tax rate is 25%. What is this firm's after-taxWACC? Created with Scanner Pro
17. Growth Companys current share price is $20 and it is expected to pay a $1 dividend per share next year. After that, the firm's dividends areexpected to grow at a rate of 4% peryear. a. What is an estimate of Growth Company's cost of equity? b. Growth Company also has preferred stock outstanding that pays a $2 per share fixed dividend. If this stock is currently priced at $28, what is Growth Company's cost of preferred stock? C. Growth Company has existing debt issued three years ago with a coupon rate of 6%. The firm just issued new debt at par with a coupon rate of 6.5%. What is Growth Company's pretax cost of debt? d. Growth Company has 5 million common shares outstanding andl million pre- ferred shares outstanding, and its equity has a total book value of $50 million. Its liabilities have a market value of $20 million. If Growth Company's common and preferred shares are priced as in parts (a) and (b), what is the market value of Growth Company's assets? e. Growth Company faces a 25% tax rate. Given the information in parts (a) through (d), and your answers to those problems, what is Growth Company'sWACC? Created with Scanner Pro
22. Your firm is planning to invest in an automated packaging plant. Harburtin Industries is an all-equity firm that specializes in this business. Suppose Harburtin's equitybeta is 0.85, the risk-free rate is 4%, and the market risk premium is 5%. If your firms project is all equity financed, estimate its cost of capital. 23. CoffeeStop primarily sells cofee. It recently introduced a premium coffee-flavored liquor. Suppose the firm facesa tax rateof 25% and collects the following information. If it plans to finance 11% of the new liquor-focused division with debt and the rest with equity, what WACC should it use for its liquor division? Assume a cost ofdebt of 4.8%, a risk-free rate of 3%, and a risk premium of 6%. Beta 0.61 0.26 % Equity 96% 89% % Debt 4% 11% CoffeeStop BF Liquors Created with Scanner Pro
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Chapter 13 The Cost of Capital 429 24. Your company has two divisions: One division sells software and the other division sells computers through a direct sales channel, primarily taking orders over the Inter- net. You have decided that Hewlett Packard is very similar to your computer division, in terms of both risk and financing. You go online and find the following information: Hewlett Packard's beta is 1.21, the risk-free rate is 4.5%, its market value of equity is $67 billion, and it has$700 million worth of debt with a yield to maturity of6%. Your tax rate is 25% and you use a market risk premium of 5% in your WACC estimates. a. What is an estimate of the WACC for your computer sales division? b. Ifyour overall company WACC is 12% and the computer sales division represents 40% of the value of your fim, what is an estimate of theWACC for your softwaredivision? When Raising External Capital Is Costly Created with Scanner Pro