TJ Industries Has 7 Million Shares of Common Stock Outstanding

Multiple Choice

TJ Industries has 7 million shares of common stock outstanding with a market price of $20.00 per share. The company also has outstanding preferred stock with a market value of $10 million, and 100,000 bonds outstanding, each with face value $1,000 and selling at 95 percent of par value. The cost of equity is 12 percent, the cost of preferred is 10 percent, and the cost of debt is 6.45 percent. If TJ's tax rate is 34 percent, what is the WACC?

A) 8.92 percent
B) 9.76 percent
C) 12.59 percent
D) 13.43 percent