PAW Industries Has 5 Million Shares of Common Stock Outstanding

Multiple Choice

PAW Industries has 5 million shares of common stock outstanding with a market price of $8.00 per share. The company also has outstanding preferred stock with a market value of $10 million, and 100,000 bonds outstanding, each with a $1,000 face value and selling at 96 percent of par value. The cost of equity is 19 percent, the cost of preferred is 15 percent, and the cost of debt is 9 percent. If PAW's tax rate is 34 percent, what is the WACC?

A) 10.14 percent
B) 10.38 percent
C) 12.51 percent
D) 14.33 percent