Question: The following problem will be used to answer the next question. The Doug and Bob Corporation is calculating its WACC. Its 200,000 bonds have

The following problem will be used to answer the next question. The

The following problem will be used to answer the next question. The Doug and Bob Corporation is calculating its WACC. Its 200,000 bonds have a 5% coupon, paid semi-annually, a current maturity of 30 years, and sell for a quoted price of 105. The firm's 400,000 shares of preferred stock (par $100) pays a 6.5% annual dividend and currently sells for $90. Doug and Bob is a constant growth firm which just paid a dividend of $2.00 (Do), sells for $40.00 per share; it has 19,000,000 shares outstanding, and the common stock has an estimated growth rate of 9%. The firm's beta is 1.5, and the firm's marginal tax rate is 20%. The return on the market is 12% and the risk free rate is 5%. What is the weight of debt in Doug and Bob's capital structure (approximately)? 20.9% 30.2% 31.8%

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