Calculate Paulson's WACC using market-value weights. Round your answer to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations.
Calculate Paulson's WACC using market-value weights. Round your answer to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations.
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Online Structured Activity: WACC
The Paulson Company's year-end balance sheet is shown below. Its cost of common equity is 18%, its before-tax cost of debt is 11%, and its marginal tax rate is 40%. Assume that the firm's
long-term debt sells at par value. The firm's total debt, which is the sum of the company's short-term debt and long-term debt, equals $1,117. The firm has 576 shares of common stock
outstanding that sell for $4.00 per share. The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the question
below.
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Calculate Paulson's WACC using market-value weights. Round your answer to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations.
Liabilities And Equity
Cash
Total assets
Assets
Accounts receivable
Inventories
Plant and equipment, net 2,160
%
$ 120
240
360
$2,880
Accounts payable and
accruals
Short-term debt
Long-term debt
Common equity
Total liabilities and
equity
$ 10
57
$1,060
1,753
$2,880
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