Exam 11: Calculating the Cost of Capital

Flotation costs are

Suppose that PAW, Inc. has a capital structure of 60 percent equity, 10 percent preferred stock, and 30 percent debt. If the before-tax component costs of equity, preferred stock and debt are 17.5 percent, 12 percent and 6.5 percent, respectively, what is PAW's WACC if the firm faces an average tax rate of 21 percent?

Apple's 9 percent annual coupon bond has 10 years until maturity and the bonds are selling in the market for $890. The firm's tax rate is 21 percent. What is the firm's after-tax cost of debt?

Suppose that Model Nails, Inc.'s capital structure features 60 percent equity, 40 percent debt, and that its before-tax cost of debt is 6 percent, while its cost of equity is 10 percent. If the appropriate weighted average tax rate is 21 percent, what will be Model Nails' WACC?

FlavR Co. stock has a beta of 2.0, the current risk-free rate is 2, and the expected return on the market is 9 percent. What is FlavR Co's cost of equity?

Which of the following will impact the cost of equity component in the weighted average cost of capital?

When firms use multiple sources of capital, they need to calculate the appropriate discount rate for valuing their firm's cash flows as

Suppose that Tan Lotion's common shares sell for $18 per share, are expected to set their next annual dividend at $1.00 per share, and that all future dividends are expected to grow by 7 percent per year, indefinitely. If Tan Lotion faces a flotation cost of 12 percent on new equity issues, what will be the flotation-adjusted cost of equity?

FarCry Industries, a maker of telecommunications equipment, has 26 million shares of common stock outstanding, 1 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 10 thousand bonds. If the common shares sell for $12 per share, the preferred shares sell for $114.50 per share, and the bonds sell for 98 percent of par ($1,000), what weight should you use for preferred stock in the computation of FarCry's WACC?

Which of the following is a principle of capital budgeting which states that the calculations of cash flows should remain independent of financing?

Rose has preferred stock selling for 99 percent of par that pays a 9 percent annual coupon. What would be Rose's component cost of preferred stock?

Which of these statements is true regarding calculating weights for WACC?

A proxy beta is

Town Crier has 10 million shares of common stock outstanding, 2 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 10 thousand bonds. If the common shares are selling for $28 per share, the preferred shares are selling for $15.50 per share, and the bonds are selling for 97 percent of par, what would be the weight used for debt in the computation of Town Crier's WACC?

IVY has preferred stock selling for 98 percent of par that pays a 7 percent annual coupon. What would be IVY's component cost of preferred stock?

Carrie D's has 6 million shares of common stock outstanding, 2 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 10 thousand bonds. If the common shares are selling for $15 per share, the preferred shares are selling for $28 per share, and the bonds are selling for 109 percent of par, what would be the weight used for common stock in the computation of Carrie D's WACC?

Which of the following will directly impact the cost of equity?

XYZ Industries has 10 million shares of stock outstanding selling at $10 per share with par of $1 per share. The company also has an issue of $30 million in 8.5 percent, annual coupon bonds with a maturity of 25 years, selling at 102 percent of par ($1,000). If XYZ's weighted average tax rate is 21 percent and its cost of equity is 15 percent, what is XYZ's WACC?

OMG Inc. has 4 million shares of common stock outstanding, 3 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 5 thousand bonds. If the common shares sell for $17 per share, the preferred shares sell for $126 per share, and the bonds sell for 117 percent of par ($1,000), what weight should you use for preferred stock in the computation of OMG's WACC?

Suppose that TipsNToes, Inc.'s capital structure features 40 percent equity, 60 percent debt, and that its before-tax cost of debt is 9 percent, while its cost of equity is 15 percent. If the appropriate weighted average tax rate is 21 percent, what will be TipsNToes' WACC?