Interest versus dividend expense Michaels Corporation expects earnings before interest and taxes to be $48,000 for the current period. Assuming a flat ordinary tax rate of 27%,compute the firm's earnings after taxes and earnings available for common stockholders (earnings after taxes and preferred stock dividends, if any) under the following conditions:a. The firm pays $13,000 in interest.b. The firm pays $13,000 in preferred stock dividends.a. Complete the fragment of Michaels Corporation's income statement below to compute the firm's earnings after taxes and earnings available for common stockholders under condition(a) (Round to the nearest dollar)EBIT$Less: Interest expenseEarnings before taxes$Less: Taxes (27%)Earnings after taxes$Less: Preferred dividendsEarnings available for common stockholders

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You are given the following information for Lighting Power Company. Assume the company's tax rate is 25 percent. Debt: Common stock: 430,000 shares outstanding, selling for $61 per share; the beta is 1.12. 18,500 shares of 3.7 percent preferred stock outstanding, a $100 par value, currently selling for $82 per share. 6 percent market risk premium and 4.7 percent risk-free rate. What is the company's WACC? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g.. 32.16.) Preferred stock: Market: 10,000 5.9 percent coupon bonds outstanding. $1,000 par value, 25 years to maturity, selling for 107 percent of par; the bonds make semiannual payments. WACC %
Assume a company has 10mm outstanding shares of stock that currently trade at $50 per share. Assume the company cost of equity is 18% and its after-tax cost of debt is 6%. Assume the company has $250mm in long term debt and $50mm of other liabilities. What is the WACC?
8. What is the after-tax return to a corporation that buys a share of preferred stock at $45, sells it at year-end at $45, and receives a $5 year-end dividend? The firm is in the 20% tax bracket. Revenue = $5 For a company, taxable = $5 * 30% = $1.5 Tax = $1.5* 20% = $0.3 After tax income = $5 - $0.3= $4.7 Return $4.7/$45= 10.44%
Interest versus dividend expense Michaels Corporation expects earnings before interest and taxes to be $43,000 for the current period. Assuming a flat ordinary tax rate of 21%, compute the firm's earnings after taxes and earnings available for common stockholders (earnings after taxes and preferred stock dividends, if any) under the following conditions: a. The firm pays $12,100 in interest. b. The firm pays $12,100 in preferred stock dividends. a. Complete the fragment of Michaels Corporation's income statement below to compute the firm's earnings after taxes and earnings available for common stockholders under condition (a). (Round to the nearest dollar.) EBIT Less: Interest expense Earnings before taxes Less: Taxes (21%) Earnings after taxes Less: Preferred dividends Earnings available for common stockholders $ LA $ $ $
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Question 5: The Holmes company's yearend balance sheet is shown below. Its cost of common equity is 12%, its before tax cost of debt is 12% and its marginal tax rate is 35%. Assume that the firm long term debt sells at par value. The firm total debt, which is the sum of the company short term debt and long term debt, equal $2820. The firm has 600 share of common stock outstanding that sells for $5.00 per share. Calculate Holmes WACC using market value weights. Assets Equities Cash 200 Account receivable 156 Equipment 5964 Total Assets 6320 Short term debts Long term debts Common equity Total Equities 520 2300 3500 6320
Here is some information about Stokenchurch Incorporated: Beta of common stock = 2.0 Treasury bill rate=4% Market risk premium = 8.3% Yield to maturity on long-term debt = 6% Book value of equity = $520 million Market value of equity = $1,040 million Long-term debt outstanding = $1,040 million. Corporate tax rate = 21% What is the company's WACC? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. WACC %

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