Calculation of individual costs and WACC Lang Enterprises is interested in measuring its overall cost of capital. Current investigation has gathered the following data. The firm is in the 40% tax...


Calculation of individual costs and WACC


Lang Enterprises is interested in measuring its overall cost of capital. Current investigation has gathered the following data.
The firm is in the 40% tax bracket.
Debt The firm can raise debt by selling $1,000-par-value, 8% coupon interest
rate, 20-year bonds on which annual interest payments will be made. To sell the
issue, an average discount of $30 per bond would have to be given. The firm also
must pay flotation costs of $30 per bond.
Preferred stock The firm can sell 8% preferred stock at its $95-per-share par
value. The cost of issuing and selling the preferred stock is expected to be $5 per
share. Preferred stock can be sold under these terms.
Common stock The firm’s common stock is currently selling for $90 per share.
The firm expects to pay cash dividends of $7 per share next year. The firm’s dividends
have been growing at an annual rate of 6%, and this growth is expected to
continue into the future. The stock must be underpriced by $7 per share, and
flotation costs are expected to amount to $5 per share. The firm can sell new
common stock under these terms.
Retained earnings When measuring this cost, the firm does not concern itself
with the tax bracket or brokerage fees of owners. It expects to have available
$100,000 of retained earnings in the coming year; once these retained earnings are exhausted, the firm will use new common stock as the form of common stock
equity financing.
a. Calculate the after-tax cost of debt.
b. Calculate the cost of preferred stock.
c. Calculate the cost of common stock.
d. Calculate the firm’s weighted average cost of capital using the capital structure
weights shown in the following table. (Round answer to the nearest 0.1%.)


Source of capital        Weight
Long-term debt              30%
Preferred stock              20
Common stock equity    50
Total                             100%

Jun 09, 2022
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