Calculate weighted average cost of capital for Puppet corporation. Assume the funds are internally generated. Percent of capital structure: Debt - 54% Common Equity - 32% Preferred stock - 14% Additional information: Bond coupon rate - 9% Bond yield - 9% Bond flotation coat - 1% Dividend, common(just paid) - $1.30 Pride, common - $ 37 Dividend, preferred - 8% price. preferred - $37 Flotation cost, preferred - $1.79 Flotation cost ,common - 8% Corporate growth rate - 10% Corporate tax rate - 35%

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Calculate weighted average cost of capital for Puppet corporation. Assume the funds are internally generated.

 

Percent of capital structure:

 

Debt - 54%

Common Equity - 32%

Preferred stock - 14%

 

Additional information:

Bond coupon rate - 9%

Bond yield - 9%

Bond flotation coat - 1%

Dividend, common(just paid) - $1.30

Pride, common - $ 37

Dividend, preferred - 8%

price. preferred - $37

Flotation cost, preferred - $1.79

Flotation cost ,common - 8%

Corporate growth rate - 10%

Corporate tax rate - 35%

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