Question: Please show me step by step how to solve this problem. Thank you! Suppose a small company is determining whether to invest in new computing

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Suppose a small company is determining whether to invest in new computing equipment to enhance R&D. The total cost of the investment is $4.87 million. The company anticipates issuing new bonds, new common stock, and new preferred stock. After the issue, the market value of common equity will make up 40% of the total market value of the firm. The market value of preferred equity will make up 10% of the total market value of the firm. The market value of debt will make up 50% of the total market value of the firm. Flotation costs for the new bond and equity issues are expected to sum to 10%. The company has a marginal tax rate of 34%.

- Bonds: The current trading price of the company's bonds is $857. They expect to issue 10-year semiannual bonds with an annual coupon rate of 7%.

- Common Stock: The company's beta is 1.5. The market risk premium is 11% and the expected return on the market is 15%.

- Preferred Stock: The company anticipates issuing new shares of preferred stock that pays a perpetual dividend yield of 11.5% per year. The current share price is $19.44.

  • 12.40%
  • 11.54%
  • 13.63%
  • 15.16%
  • 10.79%

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