In: Finance
The Auto Group has 1,000 bonds outstanding that are selling for $900 each. The company also has 8,900 shares of preferred stock at a market price of $45 each. The common stock is priced at $40 a share and there are 35,000 shares outstanding. What is the weight of the preferred stock as it relates to the firm's weighted average cost of capital?
Debt in the firm’s capital structure= $900*1,000= $900,000
Preference shares in the firm’s capital structure= $45*8,900= $400,500
Equity in the firm’s capital structure= $40* 35,000= $1,400,000
Total firm capital= $900,000 + $400,500 + $1,400,000
= $2,700,500.
Weight of preference shares = $400,500/ $2,700,500
= 0.1483*100
= 14.83%.
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