Monday, February 1, 2010

A4. Estimating the WACC with Three Sources of Capital

A4. (Estimating the WACC with Three Sources of Capital)

Corporate Financial Management (3rd Edition)
Emery, Douglas R., Finnerty, John D., & Stowe, John D. (2007)

Individual assignment: Text Problem Set IV:
Chapter 8, Problems

A4.(Estimating the WACC with three sources of capital)
Eschevarria Research has the capital structure given here. If Eschevarria's tax rate is 30%, what is its WACC?

BOOK VALUE MARKET VALUE BEFORE-TAX COST
Bonds $1,000 $1,000 8%
Preferred stock 400 300 9%
Common stock 600 1,700 14%

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