A company's 6% coupon rate, semiannual payment, $1,000 par value bond that matures in 20 years sells at a price of $726.88. The company's federal-plus-state tax rate is 30%. What is the firm's after-tax component cost of debt for purposes of calculating the WACC? (Hint: Base your answer on the nominal rate.) Round your answer to two decimal places.
Cost of debt for WACC is taken at YTM of the bond. In the given case, YTM= 8.959962% calculated using RATE function of Excel as follows:
Given, tax rate= 30%
After tax component cost of debt= Cost of debt*(1-Tax Rate)
= 8.959962*(1-0.30) = 0.06271974= 6.27%
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