New Line Cinema is considering producing a new movie. To evaluate the proposal, the company needs to
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New Line Cinema is considering producing a new movie. To evaluate the proposal, the company needs to calculate its cost of capital. The firm has collected the following information:
The company wants to maintain is current capital structure, which is equity, preferred stock and debt.
The firmhas marginal tax rate of
The firm's preferred stock pays an annual dividend of $ forever, and each share is currently worth $
The firm has one bond outstanding with a coupon rate of paid semiannually, years to maturity, a face value of $ and a current price of $
The company's beta is the yield on Treasury bonds is is and the expected return on the market portfolio is
The current stock price is $ The firm has just paid an annual dividend of $ which is expected to grow by per year.
The firm uses a risk premium of for the bondyieldplusriskpremium approach.
New preferred stock and bonds would be issued by private placement, largely eliminating flotation costs. New equity would come from retained earnings, thus eliminating flotation costs.
What is the midpoint of the range for the cost of equity?
What is the company's weighted average cost of capital?
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