Cross-Ocean Boats Ltd. is in the 30% tax bracket. It is interested in determining the minimum return that its stakeholders (investors) will accept. Since you have applied for an internship with them, they have assigned this task to you. To get started with your work, you compile some information as follows: 1. Cross-Oceans has 3000, 6% semi-annual coupon bonds outstanding. These bonds will mature in 12 years and they sell for 80% of their par value as of now. 2. The firm is also partly equity financed. It has 100,000 outstanding common shares and 19,000 shares of preferred stock. The common shares command a market price of $55 per share and the beta of Cross-Ocean stock is 1.20. Preference shares offer a 6% fixed dividend and sell for $110 per share. 3. The risk-free rate is 4% and the market risk premium is 6%
Cost of Capital
Shareholders and investors who invest into the capital of the firm desire to have a suitable return on their investment funding. The cost of capital reflects what shareholders expect. It is a discount rate for converting expected cash flow into present cash flow.
Capital Structure
Capital structure is the combination of debt and equity employed by an organization in order to take care of its operations. It is an important concept in corporate finance and is expressed in the form of a debt-equity ratio.
Weighted Average Cost of Capital
The Weighted Average Cost of Capital is a tool used for calculating the cost of capital for a firm wherein proportional weightage is assigned to each category of capital. It can also be defined as the average amount that a firm needs to pay its stakeholders and for its security to finance the assets. The most commonly used sources of capital include common stocks, bonds, long-term debts, etc. The increase in weighted average cost of capital is an indicator of a decrease in the valuation of a firm and an increase in its risk.
Compute:
1. The minimum required return by Cross-Ocean’s debtholders
2. The minimum required return by Cross-Ocean’s common shareholders
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