You Were Hired as a Consultant to Giambono Company, Whose

Multiple Choice

You were hired as a consultant to Giambono Company, whose target capital structure is 40% debt, 15% preferred, and 45% common equity. The after-tax cost of debt is 6.00%, the cost of preferred is 7.50%, and the cost of common using retained earnings is 12.75%. The firm will not be issuing any new stock. What is its WACC?

A) 8.98%
B) 9.26%
C) 9.54%
D) 9.83%
E) 10.12%