Phillips Equipment has 6,500 bonds outstanding that are selling at 96.5 percent of par. Bonds with similarcharacteristics are yielding 6.7 percent, pretax. The company also has 48,000 shares of 5.5 percent preferred stock and75,000 shares of common stock outstanding. The preferred stock sells for $64 per share. The common stock has a betaof 1.32 and sells for $41 per share. The preferred stock has a stated value of $100. The U.S. Treasury bill is yielding 2.2percent and the return on the market is 10.6 percent. The corporate tax rate is 21 percent. What is the weightedaverage cost of capital?O 8.09%O 8.64%O 10.18%O 10.56%AMoving to another question will save this response.«< Question 29 of 30

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Western Electric has 34,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a price per share of $83 and a rate of return of 12.80 percent. The firm has 7,500 shares of 8.20 percent preferred stock outstanding at a price of $97.00 per share. The preferred stock has a par value of $100. The outstanding debt has a total face value of $416,000 and currently sells for 113 percent of face. The yield to maturity on the debt is 8.20 percent. What is the firm's weighted average cost of capital if the tax rate is 40 percent?
XRT Infrastructure Corp. has 80,000 bonds outstanding that are selling at 90% of the par value (Bonds are selling at discount). Bonds with similar characteristics are yielding 10.8%. The company also has 4 million shares of common stock outstanding. The stock has a beta of 1.1 and sells for $50 per share. The common shareholder anticipates receiving a dividend that will growth at 0%, based on the fact they received $5 dividend last year. The capital market analysts predict that dividends will continue to grow at the same rate into the foreseeable future. The firm’s tax rate is 28 percent. What would be your estimate of the cost of common stock (cost of equity)? What would be the estimate cost of capital (WACC)?
Flora Fountain has 26,000 shares of equity priced at $67 per share and the cost of equity is 13.60 percent. Flora Fountain also has 6,700 shares of preferred stock with a face value of $100, paying a coupon interest of 6.60 percent and selling in the market for $89.00 per share. The debt's YTM is 7.72 percent, its total nominal value is $368,000 and is priced in the market for 105 percent of its par value. If the tax rate is 35 percent, find WACC.
Florida Manufacturing has 7.3 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $43, and the book value per share is $3. Filer Manufacturing also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $68.0 million and a coupon rate of 6.0 percent and sells for 109.3 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $58.0 million and a coupon rate of 6.5 percent and sells for 106.9 percent of par. The first issue matures in 7 years, the second in 28 years. Suppose the company’s stock has a beta of 1.4. The risk-free rate is 2.1 percent, and the market risk premium is 6.0 percent. Assume that the overall cost of debt is the weighted average implied by the two outstanding debt issues. Both bonds make semiannual payments. The tax rate is 34 percent. What is the company’s WACC? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))
Carrie D's has 5.9 million shares of common stock outstanding, 2.9 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 19.00 thousand bonds. If the common shares are selling for $29.00 per share, the preferred share are selling for $28.90 per share, and the bonds are selling for 108.91 percent of par, what would be the weight used for common stock in the computation of Carrie D's WACC? 66.90% 33.33% 66.67% 62.08%
A firm has 12,000 shares of common stock outstanding with a market value of $41 per share. There are 5,000 shares of preferred stock with a market value of $25. There is a $400,000 face value bond issue outstanding that is selling at 88% of par. What weight should be placed on the preferred stock when computing the firm's WACC?
Titan Mining Corporation has 7.6 million shares of common stock outstanding, 280,000 shares of 4.5 percent preferred stock outstanding, and 165,000 bonds with a semiannual coupon rate of 5.9 percent outstanding, par value $2,000 each. The common stock currently sells for $61 per share and has a beta of 1.15, the preferred stock has a par value of $100 and currently sells for $95 per share, and the bonds have 19 years to maturity and sell for 109 percent of par. The market risk premium is 7.1 percent, T-bills are yielding 3.5 percent, and the company’s tax rate is 25 percent. a. What is the firm’s debt, preferred stock and equity? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 4 decimal places, e.g., .1616.) b. If the company is evaluating a new investment project that has the same risk as the firm’s typical project, what rate should the firm use to discount the project’s cash flows? (Do not round intermediate calculations enter your answer as a percent…
Dani Corporation has 7 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $79, and the book value per share is $10. The company also has two bond Issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $120 million, a coupon rate of 4 percent, and sells for 92 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $105 million, a coupon rate of 3 percent, and sells for 104 percent of par. The first issue matures In 22 years, the second in 7 years. Suppose the most recent dividend was $4.75 and the dividend growth rate is 5.2 percent. Assume that the overall cost of debt is the weighted average of that implied by the two outstanding debt issues. The tax rate Iis 25 percent. What is the company's WACC? (Do not round Intermedlate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) WACC %

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