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Ebling Inc. finances with 0.2 fraction debt, 0.1 fraction preferred and the remaining common stock. Ebeling's before-tax cost of debt is 0.05, it cost of preferred stock is 0.12, and its cost of common stock is 0.16. If Ebeling is subject to a 0.3 fraction corporate income tax, what is the company's Weighted Average Cost of Capital?
WACC = Cost of Equity * Equity% + Cost of Debt (1 - Tax Rate) * Debt% + Cost of Preferred Stock * Preferred Stock%
= (0.16 * 0.7) + (0.05 * (1 - 0.3) * 0.2) + (0.12 * 0.1)
= 0.112 + 0.007 + 0.012
= 0.131
WACC = 13.10%