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Google currently has a 5 million common shares outstanding, and a 1 million preferred shares outstanding, and 100,000 bonds outstanding. Calculate Google Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) if the corporate tax rate is 35%. (Using excel and making formulas viewable)
The average cost of equity of Google is 19.04%.
The cost of Google’s preferred stocks if it is currently priced at $100 is 6%.
The pre-tax cost of debt of Google is 6.85%.
WACC = Cost of Equity * %Equity + Cost of Debt * (1 - tax rate) * %Debt + Cost of Preferred Stock * %Preferred Stock
Particular | No. of Shares/Bonds | %Cost | Calculation | WACC (%) |
Common Shares | 5,00,000 | 19.04% | 19.04% * (500,000/700,000) | 13.60 |
Preferred Stock | 1,00,000 | 6.00% | 6% * (100,000/700,000) | 0.86 |
Bonds | 1,00,000 | 6.85% | 6.85% * (1 - 0.35) * (100,000/700,000) | 0.64 |
7,00,000 | WACC | 15.09 |
Therefore, WACC is 15.09%