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Information : Use the following information about Rex Inc. for problems A-F. Com

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Use the following information about Rex Inc. for problems A-F.

Common stock: 100,000 shares outstanding. $50 per share, beta=1.5

Bonds: 2,000 bonds outstanding, $1,000 face value each, 4% coupon paid semiannually, 21 years to maturity, market price of $995 per bond.

Market risk premium=5%, yield on 30 day Treasury Bill= 1%, effective tax rate = 21%

Question A

What is Rex Inc's Weight of Debt?

Question B

What is Rex Inc's Weight of Equity?

Question C

What is Rex Inc's Before Tax Cost of Debt?

Question D

What is Rex Inc's After Tax Cost of Debt?

Question E

What is Rex Inc's Cost of Equity?

Question F

What is Rex Inc's WACC?

Explanation / Answer

C. FV = 1000, PV = -995, N 20, N = 42

use rate function in Excel and multiply by 2

before tax cost of debt = 4.04%

D. after tax cost of debt = 4.04%*(1 - 0.21) = 3.19%

E. cost of equity = 1 + 1.5*5% = 8.50%

F.

WACC = 6.99%

Amount weight equity               5,000,000.00 0.7153 debt               1,990,000.00 0.2847