Exam 11: Calculating the Cost of Capital

ADK Industries common shares sell for $60 per share. ADK expects to set their next annual dividend at $3.75 per share. If ADK expects future dividends to grow at 9 percent per year, indefinitely, the current risk-free rate is 4 percent, the expected rate on the market is 11 percent, and the stock has a beta of 1.5, what should be the best estimate of the firm's cost of equity?

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?

Solar Shades has 8 million shares of common stock outstanding, 4 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 10 thousand bonds. If the common shares are selling for $13 per share, the preferred shares are selling for $30 per share, and the bonds are selling for 105 percent of par, what would be the weight used for equity in the computation of Solar Shades' WACC?

PNB Industries has 20 million shares of common stock outstanding with a market price of $18.00 per share. The company also has outstanding preferred stock with a market value of $50 million, and 500,000 bonds outstanding, each with face value $1,000 and selling at 97 percent of par value. The cost of equity is 15 percent, the cost of preferred is 12 percent, and the cost of debt is 8.50 percent. If PNB's tax rate is 40 percent, what is the WACC?

Which of the following is a situation in which you would want to use the constant growth model approach for estimating the component cost of equity?

XYZ Industries has 10 million shares of stock outstanding selling at $10 per share and 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 40 percent and its cost of equity is 15 percent, what is XYZ's WACC?

Oberon Inc. has a $20 million ($1,000 face value) 10-year bond issue selling for 99 percent of par that pays an annual coupon of 7.25 percent. What would be Oberon's before-tax component cost of debt?

Crab Cakes Ltd. has 5 million shares of stock outstanding selling at $15 per share and an issue of $10 million in 10 percent, annual coupon bonds with a maturity of 25 years, selling at 97 percent of par ($1,000). If Crab Cakes' weighted average tax rate is 30 percent, its next dividend is expected to be $1.00 per share, and all future dividends are expected to grow at 5 percent per year, indefinitely, what is its WACC?

An estimated WACC computed using some sort of proxy for the average equity risk of the projects in a particular business unit is known as the:

An all-equity firm is considering the projects shown as follows. The T-bill rate is 4 percent and the market risk premium is 8 percent. If the firm uses its current WACC of 13 percent to evaluate these projects, which project(s) will be incorrectly accepted? Project Expected Return Beta 9.0\% 0.7 20.0\% 1.1 15.0\% 1.5 18.0\% 1.9

JAK Industries has 5 million shares of stock outstanding selling at $25 per share and an issue of $40 million in 8 percent, annual coupon bonds with a maturity of 15 years, selling at 108 percent of par ($1000). If JAK's weighted average tax rate is 34 percent and its cost of equity is 15 percent, what is JAK's WACC?

The reason that we do not use an after-tax cost of preferred stock is:

TJ Co. stock has a beta of 1.45, the current risk-free rate is 5.75, and the expected return on the market is 14 percent. What is TJ Co's cost of equity?

Rings N Things Industries has 40 million shares of common stock outstanding, 20 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 50 thousand bonds. If the common shares are selling for $25 per share, the preferred shares are selling for $15 per share, and the bonds are selling for 100 percent of par ($1,000), what would be the weights used in the calculation of Rings' WACC for common stock, preferred stock, and bonds, respectively?

Which of the following is a true statement regarding the appropriate tax rate to be used in the WACC?

An objective approach to calculating divisional WACCs would be done by:

ADK has 30,000 15-year 9 percent annual coupon bonds outstanding. If the bonds currently sell for 111 percent of par and the firm pays an average tax rate of 36 percent, what will be the before-tax and after-tax component cost of debt?

Suppose that Beach Blanket's common shares sell for $55 per share, are expected to set their next annual dividend at $3.00 per share, and that all future dividends are expected to grow by 8 percent per year, indefinitely. If Beach faces a flotation cost of 10 percent on new equity issues, what will be the flotation-adjusted cost of equity?

Which of these statements is true regarding divisional WACC?

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