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Titan Mining Corporation has 8.3 million shares of common stock outstanding and 270,000 5.3 percent semiannual bonds outstanding, par value $1,000 each. The common stock currently sells for $31 per share and has a beta of 1.15; the bonds have 15 years to maturity and sell for 112 percent of par. The market risk premium is 7.1 percent, T-bills are yielding 4 percent, and the company’s tax rate is 23 percent.
a.
What is the firm's market value capital structure? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 4 decimal places, e.g., .3216.)
b. If the company is evaluating a new investment project that has the same risk as the firm's typical project, what rate should the firm use to discount the project's cash flows?
A)
Market value of equity = Market price * o/s shares
Market value of equity = 8.3mn * 31
Market value of equity = $257.3m
Market value of debt = Par value * Premium rate* No. of Bonds
Market value of debt = 1000* (112/100) * 270,000
Market value of debt = $302.4
Total capital = Equity + Debt
Total capital = $257.3m + $302.4m
Total capital = $559.7m
We = Equity/ Capital
We = $257.3m/$559.7m
We = 0.4597
Wd = 1- We
Wd = 1- 0.4597
Wd = 0.5402
b) WACC = We* Ce + Wd* Cd* (1-T)
Ce, cost of equity = Rfr + B( market risk premium)
Ce, cost of equity = 4% + 1.15(7.1%)
Ce, cost of equity = 12.165%
Cd, cost of debt, we will use the financial calculator to compute the yield.
N = 30 ( converted to semi annual periods)
PV = 1120 (112% of FV)
FV = 1000
PMT = 26.5 ( converted into semi annual payments)
I/Y = 4.21% ( Annual rate)
Cd = Current rate* (1- tax rate)
Cd = 4.21% * (1-23%)
Cd = 3.24%
WACC = 0.4597*12.165% + 0.5402*3.24%
WACC = 7.34%, firm should use this rate to discount the cash flows