Bamboo Shack has the following capital structure:  Assets: 450,000 Debt: 105,000   Preferred Stock: 25,000   Common Stock: 320,000   The common stock is currently selling for $20 a share, pays a cash dividend of $0.85 per share, and is growing annually at 9 percent. The preferred stock pays a $11 cash dividend and currently sells for $96 a share. The debt pays interest of 10.5 percent annually, and the firm is in the 40 percent marginal tax bracket. c. What is the cost of common stock? d. What is the firm’s weighted-average cost of capital?

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Bamboo Shack has the following capital structure: 

Assets: 450,000

Debt: 105,000

 

Preferred Stock: 25,000

 

Common Stock: 320,000

 

The common stock is currently selling for $20 a share, pays a cash dividend of $0.85 per share, and is growing annually at 9 percent. The preferred stock pays a $11 cash dividend and currently sells for $96 a share. The debt pays interest of 10.5 percent annually, and the firm is in the 40 percent marginal tax bracket.

c. What is the cost of common stock?

d. What is the firm’s weighted-average cost of capital?

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