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Calculation of individual costs and WACC Lang Enterprises is interested in measuring its overall cost of capital. Current investigation has gathered the following data. The firm is in the
30%
tax bracket.
Debt The firm can raise debt by selling
$1,000-par-value,
7%
coupon interest rate,
16-year
bonds on which annual interest payments will be made. To sell the issue, an average discount of
$20
per bond would have to be given. The firm also must pay flotation costs of
$25
per bond.
Preferred stock The firm can sell
7.5%
preferred stock at its
$100-per-share
par value. The cost of issuing and selling the preferred stock is expected to be
$6
per share. Preferred stock can be sold under these terms.
Common stock The firm's common stock is currently selling for
$65
per share. The firm expects to pay cash dividends of
$7
per share next year. The firm's dividends have been growing at an annual rate of
6%,
and this growth is expected to continue into the future. To sell new shares of common stock, the firm must underprice the stock by
$5
per share, and flotation costs are expected to amount to
$ 3
per share. The firm can sell new common stock under these terms.
Retained earnings When measuring this cost, the firm does not concern itself with the tax bracket or brokerage fees of owners. It expects to have available
$150,000
of retained earnings in the coming year; once these retained earnings are exhausted, the firm will use new common stock as the form of common stock equity financing
the after-tax cost of debt 5.24
The after-tax cost of debt using the bond's yield to maturity (YTM) is
nothing 5.24%
Calculation of individual costs and WACC Lang Enterprises is interested in measuring its overall cost of capital. Current investigation has gathered the following data. The firm is in the
30%
tax bracket.
Debt The firm can raise debt by selling
$1,000-par-value,
7%
coupon interest rate,
16-year
bonds on which annual interest payments will be made. To sell the issue, an average discount of
$20
per bond would have to be given. The firm also must pay flotation costs of
$25
per bond.
Preferred stock The firm can sell
7.5%
preferred stock at its
$100-per-share
par value. The cost of issuing and selling the preferred stock is expected to be
$6
per share. Preferred stock can be sold under these terms.
Common stock The firm's common stock is currently selling for
$65
per share. The firm expects to pay cash dividends of
$7
per share next year. The firm's dividends have been growing at an annual rate of
6%,
and this growth is expected to continue into the future. To sell new shares of common stock, the firm must underprice the stock by
$5
per share, and flotation costs are expected to amount to
$ 3
per share. The firm can sell new common stock under these terms.
Retained earnings When measuring this cost, the firm does not concern itself with the tax bracket or brokerage fees of owners. It expects to have available
$150,000
of retained earnings in the coming year; once these retained earnings are exhausted, the firm will use new common stock as the form of common stock equity financing
the after-tax cost of debt 5.24
ytm 5.24
Calculate the cost of preferred stock.7.98
Calculate the cost of common stock 16.77
The cost of new common stock is
nothing 18.28
Calculate the firm's weighted average cost of capital using the capital structure weights shown in the following table
Source of capital |
Weight |
||
Long-term debt |
35 |
% |
|
Preferred stock |
25 |
||
Common stock equity |
40 |
||
Total |
100 |
% |
Round answer to the nearest 0.01%)
A) Calculation of cost of preferred stock
Dividend Payment = 7.5%
Par Value / Issue Price= $ 100
Dividend outflow = 7.5% of 100 = $ 7.5
Cost of issue per share = $ 6
Net Proceeds = 100 -6 = $ 94
Cost of Preferred stock = Dividend outflow / Net Proceeds
= 7.5/94 = 7.98%
B) For Calculation of Cost of Common stock we can use Gordon Growth's Model
where formula is
Share price = Dividend next year / (Cost of Equity - Growth rate)
Share Price = $ 65 Dividend Next year is $ 7 and Growth rate is 6%
By interchanging the formula we can calculate the cost of equity as
Cost of Equity = Dividend/ Share Price + Growth
= 7/65 + 6%
= 10.77% + 6% = 16.77%
Now in order to raise new capital , share price must be reduced by $ 5 per share and floatation cost will be $ 3 per share
therefore net proceeds will be $ 57 per share
Therefore new cost of equity is 7/57 + 6 % = 12.28% + 6 % = 18.28%
Details | Weights | Cost (%) | Weight*Cost |
Debt | 35% | 5.24 | 1.834 |
Preferred Stock | 25% | 7.98 | 1.995 |
Common Stock | 40% | 18.28 | 7.312 |
Total (Weighted Average Cost of Capital) | 11.14 |