Reference no: EM133110563
You are assigned to estimate the firm's Weighted-Average-Cost-of-Capital (WACC) in order to evaluate capital budgeting opportunities. The company operates in the 20% marginal tax bracket. There are three classes of long-term liabilities and equity outstanding.
(1) First, the firm has 127,500 shares of common stock outstanding, which are currently trading at $88.91 per share. You will use the Gordon Growth Model to estimate a required return for the equity holders. The most recent earnings per share was $6.72. You estimate that EPS will grow at an annual rate of 3.2% into the future.
(2) There is an issue of 7,000 coupon bonds outstanding that have a face value of $1,000, mature in 7 years, and pay 3.625% annual coupons. These bonds are currently trading for $977.49.
(3) There is a second issue of 4,500 coupon bonds outstanding that have a face value of $1,000, mature in 18 years, and pay 5.75% annual coupons. These bonds are selling for $1,152.00.
(A) What is the market value of the common stock?
(B) What is the required return on the common stock?
(C) What is the market value of the seven-year coupon bonds?
(D) What is the before-tax required return on the seven-year coupon bonds?
(E) What is the after-tax required return on the seven-year coupon bonds?
(F) What is the market value of the eighteen-year coupon bonds?
(G) What is the before-tax required return on the eighteen-year coupon bonds?
(H) What is the after-tax required return on the eighteen-year coupon bonds?
(I) What is the market value of the firm's assets?
(J) What is the weight on the common stock?
(K) What is the weight on the seven-year coupon bonds?
(L) What is the weight on the eighteen-year coupon bonds?
(M) What the Weight-Average-Cost-of-Capital (WACC)?