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9 March, 03:04

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 face value $1,000 and selling at 96% of par value. The cost of equity is 19%, the cost of preferred is 15%, and the cost of debt is 9%. If PAW's tax rate is 34%, what is the WACC?

a. 10.14%

b. 10.38%

c. 12.51%

d. 14.33%

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  1. 9 March, 05:16
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    a. 10.14%

    Explanation:

    WACC = wE*rE + wP*rP + wD*rD (1-tax) whereby;

    w = weight of ...

    r = cost of ...

    Find the market values;

    Common equity (E) = 5,000,000 * 8 = 40,000,000

    Preferred stock (P) = 10,000,000

    Debt (D) = 100,000 * 1000 * 0.96 = 96,000,000

    Total value = 146,000,000

    Therefore;

    wE = 0.2740

    wP = 0.0685

    wD = 0.6575

    Cost of capital;

    rE = 19% or 0.19

    rP = 15% or 0.15

    rD = 9% or 0.09

    WACC = (0.2740*0.19) + (0.0685 * 0.15) + [0.6575*0.09 (1-0.34) ]

    WACC = 0.0521 + 0.0103 + 0.0391

    WACC = 0.1015 or about 10.14%
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