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A company has $119 million in outstanding bonds, and 10 million shares of stock currently trading at $39 per share.The bonds pay an annual coupon rate of 6% and is trading at par. The company's beta is 0.9, its tax rate is 40%, the risk-free rate is 4%, and the market risk premium is 5%. What is this firm's WACC?
7.37%
Step-1:Calculate weight of each component of capital | ||||||||||
Million | ||||||||||
Value of bond | = | $ 119 | ||||||||
Value of stock | = | 10 | Million | x | $ 39 | = | $ 390 | |||
Total | $ 509 | |||||||||
Weight of : | ||||||||||
Bond | = | $ 119 | / | $ 509 | = | 23% | ||||
Stock | = | $ 390 | / | $ 509 | = | 77% | ||||
Step-2:Calculate cost of each component of capital | ||||||||||
Since bond is trading at par .it means bond's yield and coupon is similar. | ||||||||||
So, before tax bond's yield | = | 6% | ||||||||
After tax bond's yield | = | Before tax bonds yield*(1-Tax Rate) | ||||||||
= | 6%*(1-0.40) | |||||||||
= | 3.60% | |||||||||
Cost of equity (Stock) | = | Risk Free +Beta*Market risk premium | ||||||||
(as per Capital Asset pricing moel (CAPM)) | = | 4%+0.9*5% | ||||||||
= | 8.5% | |||||||||
Step-3:Calculate WACC | ||||||||||
WACC | = | (After tax cost of debt*Weight of debt)+(Cost of equity*Weight of Equity) | ||||||||
= | (3.60%*23%)+(8.5%*77%) | |||||||||
= | 7.37% | |||||||||