Peter Johnson, the CFO of Homer Industries, Inc. is trying to determine the Weighted Cost of Capital
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Peter Johnson, the CFO of Homer Industries, Inc. is trying to determine the Weighted Cost of Capital (WACC) based on two different capital structures under consideration to fund a new project. Assume the company's tax rate is 30%.
Component | Scenario 1 | Scenario 2 | Cost of capital | Tax rate |
---|---|---|---|---|
Debt | $4,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 8% | 30% |
Preferred stock | 1,200,000 | 1,500,000 | 10% | |
Common stock | 1,000,000 | 3,700,000 | 13% | |
Total | $6,200,000 | $6,200,000 |
Complete the following, providing a full explanation:
Component | Scenario 1 weight % | Scenario 2 weight % | Scenario 1 weighted cost | Scenario 2 weighted cost | Cost of capital | Tax rate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debt | 64.52 | 16.13 | 8% | 30% |
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