Consider a company financed with 0.9 equity, 0.0 preferred stock, and the remaining debt subject to a corporate tax rate 0.4 If the required rate of return on the debt is 0.06, on the preferred stock is 0.10 and on the common stock is 0.13, what is the working average cost of capital for this company?
The weighted average cost of capital is calculated using the below formula:
WACC=Wd*Kd(1-t)+Wps*Kps+We*Ke
where:
Wd= Percentage of debt in the capital structure.
Kd= The before tax cost of debt
Wps= Percentage of preferred stock in the capital structure
Kps=Cost of preferred stock
We=Percentage of common stock in the capital structure
Ke= The cost of common stock
T= Tax rate
WACC= 0.1*6%*(1 – 0.40) + 0*10% + 0.9*13%
= 0.36% + 0% + 11.70%
= 12.06%
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