Question

Makai Metals Corporation has 10 million shares of common stock outstanding and 440,000 4 percent semiannual bonds outstanding, par value $1,000 each. The common stock currently sells for $48 per share and has a beta of 1.5, and the bonds have 10 years to maturity and sell for 115 percent of par. The market risk premium is 8.8 percent, T-bills are yielding 5 percent, and the company’s tax rate is 40 percent.

a. What is the firm's market value capital structure? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 4 decimal places, e.g., 32.1616.)

	Market value weight
Debt
Equity

b. If the company is evaluating a new investment project that has the same risk as the firm's typical project, what rate should the firm use to discount the project's cash flows? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Discount rate              %

Answer 1

mv of equity=Price of equity*number of shares outstanding

MV of equity=48*10000000

=480000000

MV of Bond=Par value*bonds outstanding*%age of par

MV of Bond=1000*440000*1.15

=506000000

MV of firm = MV of Equity + MV of Bond

=480000000+506000000

=986000000

Weight of equity = MV of Equity/MV of firm

Weight of equity = 480000000/986000000

A. W(E)=0.4868

Weight of debt = MV of Bond/MV of firm

Weight of debt = 506000000/986000000

A. W(D)=0.5132

Cost of equity

As per CAPM

Cost of equity = risk-free rate + beta * (Market risk premium)

Cost of equity% = 5 + 1.5 * (8.8)

Cost of equity% = 18.2

Cost of debt

K = Nx2

Bond Price =∑ [(Semi Annual Coupon)/(1 + YTM/2)^k]     +   Par value/(1 + YTM/2)^Nx2

k=1

K =10x2

1150 =∑ [(4*1000/200)/(1 + YTM/200)^k]     +   1000/(1 + YTM/200)^10x2

k=1

YTM = 2.311362903

After tax cost of debt = cost of debt*(1-tax rate)

After tax cost of debt = 2.311362903*(1-0.4)

= 1.3868177418

WACC=after tax cost of debt*W(D)+cost of equity*W(E)

WACC=1.39*0.5132+18.2*0.4868

B. WACC =9.57%