12. Finding the WACC Titan Mining Corporation has 6.4 million shares of common stock outstanding and 175,000 6.2 percent semiannual bonds outstanding, par value $1,000 each. The common stock currently sells for $53 per share and has a beta of 1.15; the bonds have 25 years to maturity and sell for 106 percent of par. The market risk premium is 6.8 percent, T-bills are yielding 3.1 percent, and the company's tax rate is 22 percent. a. What is the firm's market value capital structure? b. If the company is evaluating a new investment project that has the same risk as the firm's typical project, what rate should the firm use to discount the project's cash flows?
12. Finding the WACC Titan Mining Corporation has 6.4 million shares of common stock outstanding and 175,000 6.2 percent semiannual bonds outstanding, par value $1,000 each. The common stock currently sells for $53 per share and has a beta of 1.15; the bonds have 25 years to maturity and sell for 106 percent of par. The market risk premium is 6.8 percent, T-bills are yielding 3.1 percent, and the company's tax rate is 22 percent. a. What is the firm's market value capital structure? b. If the company is evaluating a new investment project that has the same risk as the firm's typical project, what rate should the firm use to discount the project's cash flows?
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![12. Finding the WACC Titan Mining Corporation has 6.4 million shares of common stock outstanding and 175,000 6.2 percent
semiannual bonds outstanding, par value $1,000 each. The common stock currently sells for $53 per share and has a beta of 1.15; the
bonds have 25 years to maturity and sell for 106 percent of par. The market risk premium is 6.8 percent, T-bills are yielding 3.1 percent,
and the company's tax rate is 22 percent.
a. What is the firm's market value capital structure?
b. If the company is evaluating a new investment project that has the same risk as the firm's typical project, what rate should the firm
use to discount the project's cash flows?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F17dcfa37-b1bd-49c5-a3f9-8f0cc8284309%2F5a9e2f6a-e896-4a85-bc82-24383dc24b54%2Fu62xjjh.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:12. Finding the WACC Titan Mining Corporation has 6.4 million shares of common stock outstanding and 175,000 6.2 percent
semiannual bonds outstanding, par value $1,000 each. The common stock currently sells for $53 per share and has a beta of 1.15; the
bonds have 25 years to maturity and sell for 106 percent of par. The market risk premium is 6.8 percent, T-bills are yielding 3.1 percent,
and the company's tax rate is 22 percent.
a. What is the firm's market value capital structure?
b. If the company is evaluating a new investment project that has the same risk as the firm's typical project, what rate should the firm
use to discount the project's cash flows?
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