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Sports Corp has 11.8 million shares of common stock outstanding, 6.8 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 2.8 million bonds. If the common shares are selling for $26.8 per share, the preferred shares are selling for $14.3 per share, and the bonds are selling for 96.82 percent of par, what would be the weight used for equity in the computation of Sports's WACC? 55.14% 10.12% 33.33% 11.26%
Par Value 1000
Equity:
Number of Common Stock outstanding = 11.8 million
Current Price per share = $26.8
Value of Equity = Number of Common Stock outstanding * Current
Price per share
Value of Equity = 11.8 million * $26.8
Value of Equity = $316.24 million
Preferred Stock:
Number of Preferred Stock outstanding = 6.8 million
Current Price per share = $14.3
Value of Preferred Stock = Number of Preferred Stock outstanding
* Current Price per share
Value of Preferred Stock = 6.8 million * $14.3
Value of Preferred Stock = $97.24 million
Debt:
Number of Bonds outstanding = 2.8 million
Face Value of bond = $1,000
Current Price of bond = 96.82% * $1,000
Current Price of bond = $968.20
Value of Debt = Number of Bonds outstanding * Current Price of
bond
Value of Debt = 2.8 million * $968.20
Value of Debt = $2,710.96 million
Total Value of Firm = Value of Equity + Value of Preferred Stock
+ Value of Debt
Total Value of Firm = $316.24 million + $97.24 million + $2,710.96
million
Total Value of Firm = $3,124.44 million
Weight of Equity = Value of Equity / Total Value of Firm
Weight of Equity = $316.24 million / $3,124.44 million
Weight of Equity = 10.12%
So, weight of equity for computation of WACC is 10.12%