In Problem 12, suppose the most recent dividend was $4.10 and the dividend growth rate is 6

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In Problem 12, suppose the most recent dividend was $4.10 and the dividend growth rate is 6 percent. Assume that the overall cost of debt is the weighted average of that implied by the two outstanding debt issues. Both bonds make semiannual payments. The tax rate is 35 percent. What is the company's WACC?

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Filer Manufacturing has 11 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $68, and the book value per share is $6. Filer Manufacturing also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $70 million, has a 7 percent coupon, and sells for 93 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $55 million, has an 8 percent coupon, and sells for 104 percent of par. The first issue matures in 21 years, the second in 6 years.

a. What are Filer’s capital structure weights on a book value basis?
b. What are Filer’s capital structure weights on a market value basis?
c. Which are more relevant, the book or market value weights? Why?

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Fundamentals of corporate finance

ISBN: 978-0073382395

9th edition

Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Bradford Jordan

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