A company has $114 million in outstanding bonds, and 10 million shares of stock currently trading at
Question:
A company has $114 million in outstanding bonds, and 10 million shares of stock currently trading at $23 per share. The bonds pay an annual coupon rate of 7%, is trading at par, and is non-callable. The company's beta is 1, its tax rate is 40%, the risk-free rate is 4%, and the market risk premium is 7%. The firm recently paid a dividend of 50 cents per share, and the dividend is expected to grow at a rate of 4.5% per year forever. Long term liabilities represent 85% of all liabilities. What is this firm's WACC?
Enter your answer as a percentage, without the percentage sign ('%'), rounded to 1 decimal. For example, if your answer is 0.0789, that's 7.9%, so just enter 7.9
Corporate Finance Core Principles And Applications
ISBN: 9781260571127
6th Edition
Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford Jordan