Eagle Construction Co. is a successful privately-held firm owned by Marquettealumni.. It has $200 million bonds outstanding due in ten years with a 5% coupon paidsemi-annually. They are valued at 90% of par value.• The company also has 25 million shares of common stock outstanding amongthe partners. The stock book value is $2/share and is valued at $10/share.• A survey of publicly-held firms in their industry estimates a beta of 1.3.• The risk-free rate is 4% and the market equity return is 13%.o Analysts suggest an additional 3% premium due to their small size.• Eagle's tax rate is 20%.Step One:• Calculate the (pre-tax) yield-to-maturity of the bonds• Calculate the (after-tax) yield-to-maturity of the bondsStep Two:• Calculate the equity costStep Three:• Calculate the debt and equity mix (%)Step Four:• Calculate the WACCDebtEquity

Pre tax and After tax cost of debt: The (pre tax) yield-to-maturity of the bonds is 6.37% The…

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Eagle Construction Co. is a successful privately-held firm owned by Marquette alumni. • It has $200 million bonds outstanding due in ten years with a 5% coupon paid semi-annually. They are valued at 90% of par value.