I am doing an assignment that is asking for weighted averages. I have been given the following information:

$50 million in bonds which pay a 5.5% coupon; $20 million in preferred stock with a par value of $50 per share and an annual dividend of $2.75 per share; and common stock with a book value of $25 million. The cost of capital associated with common stock is 12% and the marginal tax rate for the firm is 30%.

In trying to complete the WACC calculations, I have come up with the following:

WACC= (E/ V x r _E) + (D/V x r_D x (1-t))

Where: E = market value of Equity (Preferred stock + Common Stock) 45,000,000

D= market value of Debt (bonds)50,000,000

V = total value of the firm (E + D) 95,000,000

E/V - percentage of capital that is equity (45,000,000 / 95,000,000).47368

D/V - percentage of capital that is debt(50,000,000 / 95,000,000).52631

_t = corporate tax rate30%

My problem comes in that I cannot figure out the cost of equity and cost of debt for this problem. I have been trying to work with the following equations:

r _e = the cost of equity (V _E / V _E + V_D )

r _d = the cost of debt (V _D / V _E + V _D )

But I have come up with three entirely different answers for the problems. can you give me some idea on how I should be filling this in?

Thank you,

Julie Evans