Company A plans to maintain its optimal capital structure of 40 percent debt, 10 percent preferred stock, and 50 percent common equity. The required return on each component source of capital is given as follows: debt 8.00% and preferred stock 8.60%. Common stock is currently selling for $50 per share, and flotation costs for new common stock will amount to $5 per share. The expected dividend next year for this company is $2.50. Furthermore, dividends are expected to grow at a 6 percent rate far into the future. The corporate tax rate is 34 percent. What is the WACC of this company?   A. 8.75%   B. There is not enough information to answer this question.   C. 9.84%   D. 10.00%

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Company A plans to maintain its optimal capital structure of 40 percent debt, 10 percent preferred stock, and 50 percent common equity. The required return on each component source of capital is given as follows: debt 8.00% and preferred stock 8.60%. Common stock is currently selling for $50 per share, and flotation costs for new common stock will amount to $5 per share. The expected dividend next year for this company is $2.50. Furthermore, dividends are expected to grow at a 6 percent rate far into the future. The corporate tax rate is 34 percent. What is the WACC of this company?

  A.

8.75%

  B.

There is not enough information to answer this question.

  C.

9.84%

  D.

10.00%

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