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CALCULATING THE WACC Here is the condensed 2019 balance sheet for Skye Computer Company (in thousands of dollars):
Skye’s earnings per share last year were $3.20. The common stock sells for $55.00. last year’s dividend (D0) was $2.10, and a flotation cost of 10% would be required to sell new common stock. Security analysts are projecting that the common dividend will grow at an annual rate of 9%. Skye’s
- a. Calculate the cost of each capital component, that is, the after-tax cost of debt, the cost of preferred stock, the
cost of equity fromretained earnings , and the cost of newly issued common stock. Use the DCF method to find the cost of common equity. - b. Now calculate the cost of common equity from retained earnings, using the
CAPM method. - c. What is the cost of new common stock based on the CAPM? (Hint: Find the difference between r1 and rs as determined by the DCF method, and add that differential to the CAPM value for rs.)
- d. If Skye continues to use the same market-value capital structure, what is the firm’s WACC assuming that (1) it uses only retained earnings for equity and (2) if it expands so rapidly that it must issue new common stock?
a.

To Determine: The after-tax cost of debt, cost of preferred stock, cost of common equity from retained earnings and cost of common equity from new common stock of Company SC.
Introduction: WACC is abbreviated as weighted average cost of capital, is a equation that computes the average rate of return that an organization requires to acquire to repay its security holders or investors. This computation is utilized to determine if a project is beneficial or in the event that it just repays the expense of subsidizing the project.
Answer to Problem 21SP
The after-tax cost of debt is 7.50%, cost of preferred stock is 11%, cost of common equity from retained earnings is 13.16% and cost of common equity from new common stock is 13.62%.
Explanation of Solution
Determine the after-tax cost of debt
Therefore the after-tax cost of debt is 7.50%.
Determine the cost of preferred stock
Therefore the cost of preferred stock is 11%.
Determine the cost of common equity from retained earnings
Here,
D0 - Current dividend
g - Growth rate
P0 - Current price of bond
Therefore the cost of common equity from retained earnings is 13.16%.
Determine the cost of common equity from new common stock based on DCF
Here,
D0 - Current dividend
g - Growth rate
P0 - Current price of bond
F - Flotation cost
Therefore the cost of common equity from new common stock based on DCF is 13.62%.
b.

To Determine: The cost of common equity from retained earnings of Company SC utilising CAPM method.
Answer to Problem 21SP
The cost of common equity from retained earnings of Company SC utilising CAPM method is 13.58%.
Explanation of Solution
Determine the cost of common equity from retained earnings using CAPM
Here,
rF - Risk free rate
rM - Market risk premium
B - Beta of stock
Therefore the cost of common equity from retained earnings using CAPM is 13.58%.
c.

To Determine: The cost of new common equity based on CAPM.
Answer to Problem 21SP
The cost of new common equity based on CAPM is 14.04%.
Explanation of Solution
Determine the difference between the cost of common equity from retained earnings and cost of common equity from new common stock
Therefore the difference between the cost of common equity from retained earnings and cost of common equity from new common stock is 0.46%
Determine the cost of new common equity based on CAPM
Therefore the cost of new common equity based on CAPM is 14.04%.
d.

To Determine: The WACC if the firm utilises only retained earnings for equity and if the firm expands rapidly in order to issue new common stock.
Answer to Problem 21SP
The WACC if the firm uses only retained earnings for equity and if the firm expands rapidly in order to issue new common stock
Explanation of Solution
Determine the market value of preferred stock
Therefore the market value of preferred stock is $300
Determine the market value of debt
Therefore the market value of debt is $1,200
Determine the market value of common stock
Therefore the market value of common stock is $2,750
Determine the total market value
Therefore the total market value is $4,250
Determine the weight of preferred stock
Therefore the weight of preferred stock is 7.06%
Determine the weight of debt
Therefore the weight of debt is 28.24%
Determine the weight of common stock
Therefore the weight of common stock is 64.71%
Determine the WACC if the firm uses only retained earnings for equity
For the rate of common stock, the average of old and new common stock values are considered.
Here,
wd - Weight of debt
rd - Rate of debt
T - Tax rate
wp - Weight of preferred stock
rp - Rate of preferred stock
we - Weight of common stock
re - Rate of common stock
Therefore the WACC if the firm uses only retained earnings for equity is 11.55%.
Determine the WACC if the firm expands rapidly in order to issue new common stock.
For the rate of common stock, the average of cost of new common equity based on CAPM and the cost of new common equity based on DCF values are considered.
Therefore the WACC if the firm expands rapidly in order to issue new common stock is 11.84%.
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