Duffy Enterprises has issued common stock, preferred stock, and debt to finance its operation. The table below shows financial information on the firm.
2018 Balance Sheet: | |
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Interest bearing debt | $555,635.00 |
Preferred stock | $47,428.00 |
Shareholder equity | $750,000.00 |
Duffy has publicly traded common stock that has a capitalization currently of $1,710,860.00.
An analyst has estimated that the cost of debt for Duffy is 6.00%, the cost of the preferred stock is 10.00%, and the cost of the common equity is 14.00%. Duffy has a marginal tax rate of 35.00%.
a) What is the weight in common stock for Duffy?
b) What is the cost of capital for Duffy?
a)
Total Firm value = Value of Common stock + Value of debt + Value of preferred equity |
=1710860+555635+47428 |
=2313923 |
Weight of Common stock = Value of Common stock/Total Firm Value |
= 1710860/2313923 |
=0.7394 |
b Weight of debt = Value of debt/Total Firm Value |
= 555635/2313923 |
=0.2401 |
Weight of preferred equity = Value of preferred equity/Total Firm Value |
= 47428/2313923 |
=0.0205 |
After tax cost of debt = cost of debt*(1-tax rate) |
After tax cost of debt = 6*(1-0.35) |
= 3.9 |
WACC=after tax cost of debt*W(D)+cost of equity*W(E)+Cost of preferred equity*W(PE) |
WACC=3.9*0.2401+14*0.7394+10*0.0205 |
WACC% = 11.49 |
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