You and your friend (continuing your successful association that began in GMU) have opened a security valuation
Question:
You and your friend (continuing your successful association that began in GMU) have opened a security valuation business. You need to determine the weighted average cost of capital and the value of a client company's stock.
Bond Series:
40,000 bonds outstanding. Each bond matures in 15 years, with a par value of $1000, semi-annual coupons, with an annual coupon rate 12%. The current yield to maturity (YTM) on comparable bonds is 9%.
The Common Stock:
1,000,000 shares of common stock outstanding. Each share is traded at $24.61.
The expected market risk premium (Rm - Rf) is 8.5% and the risk-free rate (Rf) is 5%. The company's equity beta is 1.0 (i.e., this stock has the same amount of systematic risk as the market portfolio). The company's marginal tax rate is 34%.
a) What is the market value of the company's debt liabilities? What is the market value of the company's equity?
b) What is the expected return on the company's stock?
c) What is the company's weighted cost of capital (WACC)?
Cost Management Measuring Monitoring And Motivating Performance
ISBN: 9781118168875
2nd Canadian Edition
Authors: Leslie G. Eldenburg, Susan Wolcott, Liang Hsuan Chen, Gail Cook