(3) Estimate Capital Structure - Estimate the firm’s weights of debt, preferred stock, and common stock using the firm’s balance sheet (book value). - Estimate the firm’s weights of debt, preferred...

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(3) Estimate Capital Structure


- Estimate the firm’s weights of debt, preferred stock, and common stock using the firm’s balance sheet (book value).


- Estimate the firm’s weights of debt, preferred stock, and common stock using the market value of each capital component.




(4) Compute Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
(35 points)


- Estimate the firm’s before-tax and after-tax component cost of debt; (Note: If the information about the current corporate tax rate is not available, you need to estimate the tax rate based on the historical tax payments).


- Estimate the firm’s component cost of preferred stock;


- Use three approaches (CAPM, DCF, bond-yield-plus-risk-premium) to estimate the component cost of common equity for the firm.


- Calculate the firm’s weighted average cost of capital (WACC) using the market-based capital weights.


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Answered Same DayJul 15, 2021

Answer To: (3) Estimate Capital Structure - Estimate the firm’s weights of debt, preferred stock, and common...

Neenisha answered on Jul 16 2021
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DENBURY RESOURCES
Denbury Resources is a Texas based company into energy sector. It is engaged in hydrocarbon exploration. It is involved in o
il and natural gas exploration. It operates in Gulf Coast and Rocky Mountains.
CAPITAL STRUCTURE (BOOK VALUE)
We have taken the value of debt and common equity from the balance sheet of the company. Thus, we obtain the book value of the debt and common equity of the fir. The firm does not have any preferred stock.
Now to obtain the weights of debt and equity we divide the value of debt by total value of from which is debt plus equity.
    CAPITAL STRUCTURE (BOOK VALUE)
    
    Amount (in 000')
    Weight
    Debt
    $ 22,32,570
    61.25%
    Preferred Stock
    $ -
    0.00%
    Common Stock
    $ 14,12,259
    38.75%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE (MARKET VALUE)
To obtain the market value of common stock we need to obtain the current share price and number of outstanding shares of the company. We obtained this data from YAHOOFINANCE. The current stock price of the company is $ 0.2430 and the no of outstanding shares is 506.32 million. We obtain the market value of common stock by multiplying both of them. The market value of common stock is $ 128,099. The market value of debt is same as the book value of debt. Thus, we get the market value/ book value of debt from the balance sheet.
    CAPITAL STRUCTURE (MARKET VALUE)
    
    Amount (in...
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