(weight average cost of capital)

 

1. (weight average cost of capital) The target capital structure for QM Industries is 37% common stock 9% preferred stock, and 54% debt. If the cost of common equity for the firm is 17.2%, the cost of preferred stock is 9.6%, the before tax cost debt is 7.7% and the firm tax’s tax rate is 35% what is QM’s weighted average cost of capital?

QM’s WACC is ____(round to three decimal places)

 

2.(Weighted average cost of capital) Crypton Electronics has a capital structured consisting of 44% common stock and 56% debt, A debt issues of 1,000 par value, 6.5% bonds and mature 15 years and pay annual interest will sell for $973. Common stock of the firm is currently selling for $30.71 per share and the firm expects to pay a $2.23 dividend next year. Dividends have grown at the rate of 5.2% per year and are expected to continue to do so for the foreseeable future. What is Crypton’s cost of capital where the firm tax rate is 30%?

 

Crypton s cost of capital is ­­­­____ % (round to three decimal places)

  

3. (Weighted average cost of capital) The target capital structure for Jowers manufacturing is 45% common stock 10% preferred stock and 45% debt. If the cost of common equity for the firm is 20.5%, the cost of preferred stock is 11.5% and the before tax cost of debt is 9.7%, what is Jowers’s cost of capital? The firm’s tax rate is 34%

4. (Weighted average cost of capital) As a member of the 

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4. (Weighted average cost of capital) As a member of the Financial Department of Ranch Manufacturing, your supervisor has asked you to compute the appropriate discount rate to use when evaluating the purchase of new packaging equipment for the plant. Under the assumption that the firm’s present capital structure reflects the appropriate mix of capital sources for the firm, you have determined the market value of the firm’s capital structure as followsSource of Capital Market ValuesBonds 3,500,000Preferred stock 2,300,000Common stock 5,900,000To finance the purchase, Ranch manufacturing will sell 10-yer bonds paying 7.3% per year at the market price of 1,064 Preferred stock paying a $1.93 dividend can be sold for $25.33. Common stock for Ranch manufacturing is currently selling for $55.31 per share and the firm paid a $2.97 dividend last year. Dividends are expected to continue growing at a rate of 5.2% per year into the indefinite future. If the firm’s tax rate is 30%, what discount rate should you use to evaluate the equipment purchase? Ranch Manufacturing’s WACC is ______________% (round to three decimal places)5. (EBIT-EPS analysis) Abe Forrester and three of his friends from college have interested a group of venture capitalists in backing their business idea. The proposed operation would consist of a series of retail outlets to distribute and service a full line of vacuum cleaners and accessories. These stores would be located in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. To finance the new venture two plans have been proposed:Plan A is an all-common –equity structure in which $2.4 million dollars would be raised by selling 80,000 shares of common stock.Plan B would involved issuing 1.5 millions dollars in long-term bonds with an effective interest rate of 11.5% plus $0.9 million would be raised by selling $40,000 shares of common stock. The debt funds raised under Plan B have no fixed maturity date, in that this amound of financial leverage is considered a permanent part of the firm’s capital structure. Abe and his partners plan to use a 38% tax rate in their analysis, and they have hired you on a consulting basis to do the following:A. Find the EBIT indifference level associated with the two financing plans.B. Prepare a pro forma income statement for the EBIT level solved for in Part a. that shows that EPS will be the same regardless whether Plan A or B is chosena. Find the EBIT indifference level associate with the two financing plans.The EBIT indifference level associated with the two financing plans is ______% (round to the nearest dollar)b. Prepare a pro forma income statement for the EBIT level solved for in Part a. that shows that EPS will be the same regardless whether Plan A or B is chosen.Complete the segment of the income statement for Plan A below: (round income statement amounts to the nearest dollar except the EPS to the nearest cent)STOCK PLANEBIT _$_______Less: Interest Expense___________Earnings Before Taxes _$____________Less Taxes at 38%______________Net Come__$_________________Number of Common Shares__________________EPS__$____________Complete the segment of the income statement for Plan B below (round income statement amounts to the nearest dollar except the EPS to the nearest cent.)BOND/STOCK PlanEBIT $_________________Less: Interest Expense ___________________Earnings Before Taxes $_________________Less: Taxes at 38%Net Income $_____________Number of Common SharesEPS $_______________6. Three recent graduates of the computer science program at the University of Tennessee are forming a company that will write and distribute new application software for the iPhone. Initially, the corporation will operate in the southern region of Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, A small group of private investors in the Atlanta, Georgia area is interested in financing the startup company and two financing plans have been put forth for consideration. The first (Plan A) is an all common-equity capital structure, $2.4 million dollars would be raised by selling common stock at $10 per common share. Plan B would involve the use of financial leverage $1.1 million dollars would be raised by selling bonds with an effective interest rate of $10.9% (per annum) and the remaining $1.3 million would be raised by selling common stock $10 per share. The use of financial leverage is considered to be a permanent part of the firm’s capitalization, so no fixed maturity dgte is needed for the analysis. A 30% tax rate is deemed appropriate for the analysis,a. Find the EBIT indifference level associated with the two financing plans.b. A detailed financial analysis of the firm’s prospects suggests that the long-term EBIT will be above $310,000annually. Taking this into consideration, which plan will generate the higher EPS?c. A. Find the EBIT indifference level associated with the two financing plans.The EBIY indifference level associated with the two financing plans is ________ (round to the nearest dollar)c. A detailed financial analysis of the firm’s prospects suggest that the long-term EBIT will be above $310,000 annually. Taking this into consideration, which plan will generate the higher EPS?Complete the segment of the income statement for Plan below (round income statement amounts to the nearest dollar excepts the EPS to the nearest cent.) STOCK PLANEBIT $_____________Less: Interest expense___________Earrings Before taxes $_______________Less: Taxes at 30%___________Net Income $_________________Number of common shares_____________EPS $_____________________-Complete the segment of the income statement for plan B below: (round income statement amounts to the nearest dollar except the EPS to the nearest cent.)EBIT $_________________Less: Interest Expense________________Earnings Before Taxes$____________Less: Taxes at 30% _______________Net Income $_______________Number of common Shares _____________EPS $_______________   

Jowers WACC is _______% (round to three decimal places)