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2. Reactive Power Generation has the following capital structure. Its corporate tax rate is 21%. What is its Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)?
Security Market Value Required Rate of Return Debt
debt $20 million 6%
preference stock $10 million 8%
common stock $50 million 12%
WACC is 9.69%
Step-1:Calculation of weight of each component of capital | ||||||
Market Value of: | ||||||
Debt | = | 20 | ||||
Preferred Stock | = | 10 | ||||
Common Stock | = | 50 | ||||
Total | 80 | |||||
So, Weight of: | ||||||
Debt | = | 20 | / | 80 | = | 0.250 |
Preferred Stock | = | 10 | / | 80 | = | 0.125 |
Common Stock | = | 50 | / | 80 | = | 0.625 |
Total | ||||||
After tax cost of debt | = | Before tax cost of debt*(1-Tax rate) | ||||
= | 6%*(1-0.21) | |||||
= | 4.74% | |||||
Step-2:Calculation of WACC | ||||||
Weight | Cost | Weighted Cost | ||||
a | b | c=a*b | ||||
Debt | 0.250 | 4.74% | 1.19% | |||
Preferred Stock | 0.125 | 8% | 1.00% | |||
Common Stock | 0.625 | 12% | 7.50% | |||
Total | 9.69% |