The capital structure of Jolly Jellybeans Corp. is as follows:
Debt: 40%
Preferred stock: 10%
Common stock: 50%
Additional information about the company is also given:
Price of common stock | $35 |
Dividend (common stock) | $1.25 |
Growth rate (common stock) | 5% |
Price (preferred) | $80 |
Dividend (preferred) | $6.25 |
Flotation cost (preferred) | $2.00 |
Bond YTM | 8% |
Corporate tax rate | 25% |
Compute Jolly’s WACC.
(Hint: Start with computing the costs of each component in the capital structure.) State your answer as xx.xx% (for example 13.65%)
Answer:
(a) %
The cost of equity is :
Re = D1/Po + g
= $1.25 * 1.05/ $35 + 0.05 ( assuming the dividend paid to be D0)
= 8.75%
The cost of preference capital is :
= Dividend paid/ price of preference share
= $6.25 / $80 - $2
= 8.01%
The after tax cost of debt is :
= 8% * (1 - 0.25)
= 6%
So, the WACC is :
weight of debt * after tax cost of debt + weight of equity * cost of equity + weight of preference * cost of preference
= 0.4* 0.06 + 0.5* 0.0875 + 0.1* 0.0801
= 0.024 + 0.0438 + 0.008
=7.58%
So, the WACC is 7.58%
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