12. Finding the WACC Titan Mining Corporation has 9.3 million shares of common stock outstanding and...

 

 

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12. Finding the WACC Titan Mining Corporation has 9.3 million shares of common stock outstanding and 260,000 6.8 percent semiannual bonds outstanding, par value $1,000 each. The common stock currently sells for $34 per share and has a beta of 1.20, and the bonds have 20 years to maturity and sell for 104 percent of par. The market risk premium is 7 percent, T-bills are yielding 3.5 percent, and Titan Mining's tax rate is 35 percent. 13. a. What is the firm's market value capital structure? b. If Titan Mining 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? SML and WACC An all-equity firm is considering the following projects: Project Beca IRR W 80 9.4% .95 10.9 Y 1.15 13.0 1.45 14.2 The T-bill rate is 3.5 percent, and the expected return on the market is 11 percent. a. Which projects have a higher expected return than the firm's 11 percent cost of capital? b. Which projects should be accepted? c. Which projects would be incorrectly accepted or rejected if the firm's overall cost of capital was used as a hurdle rate? 12. Finding the WACC Titan Mining Corporation has 9.3 million shares of common stock outstanding and 260,000 6.8 percent semiannual bonds outstanding, par value $1,000 each. The common stock currently sells for $34 per share and has a beta of 1.20, and the bonds have 20 years to maturity and sell for 104 percent of par. The market risk premium is 7 percent, T-bills are yielding 3.5 percent, and Titan Mining's tax rate is 35 percent. 13. a. What is the firm's market value capital structure? b. If Titan Mining 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? SML and WACC An all-equity firm is considering the following projects: Project Beca IRR W 80 9.4% .95 10.9 Y 1.15 13.0 1.45 14.2 The T-bill rate is 3.5 percent, and the expected return on the market is 11 percent. a. Which projects have a higher expected return than the firm's 11 percent cost of capital? b. Which projects should be accepted? c. Which projects would be incorrectly accepted or rejected if the firm's overall cost of capital was used as a hurdle rate?