Essentials of Corporate Finance (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259277214
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 9QP
Calculating WACC. Bargeron Corporation has a target capital structure of 75 percent common stock, 5 percent
a. What is the company’s WACC?
b. The company president has approached you about the company’s capital structure. He wants to know why the company doesn’t use more preferred stock financing, since it costs less than debt. What would you tell the president?
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