Question: Ardoin Enterprises has to determine its cost of capital using the following information: The firm has $40,000,000 in corporate bonds currently selling at 97.5. The

Ardoin Enterprises has to determine its cost of capital using the following information:

The firm has $40,000,000 in corporate bonds currently selling at 97.5. The bonds mature in 9 years and have an annual coupon rate of 6.6% paid semiannually. The firm faces a 34% tax rate and has 1,500,000 shares of preferred stock that pays a dividend of $0.80 per year and currently sells for $9.00 per share.

Common stock selling for $3.50 per share has just paid a dividend of $0.30 and is expected to grow by 4% forever. The firm has a beta of 1.4 and the risk free rate on treasury securities is 2.5%. The average return on the S&P500 is 12.54%.

Calculate the cost of capital for the firm. Ardoin Enterprises has 25 million common shares outstanding.

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