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I have the answer, but need to know what formulas are used to get to those answers.

The table below shows a book balance sheet for the Wishing Well Motel chain. The company's long-term debt is secured by its real estate assets, but it also uses short-term bank financing. It pays 10% interest on the bank debt and 9% interest on the secured debt. Wishing Well has 10 Million shares of stock outstanding, trading at $90 per share. The expected return on Wishing Well's common stock is 18%. Calculate Wishing Well's WACC. Assume that the book and market values of Wishing Well's debt are the same. The marginal tax rate is 35%.

Cash and marketable Securities - 100M Bank Loan - 280M

Accounts Receivable - 200M Accounts Payable - 120M

Inventory - 50M Current Liabilities - 400M

Current Assets - 350 M Long-term Debt - 1800

Real Estate - 2,100M Equity - 400M

Other assets - 150 Total - 2,600M

Total - 2,600M

Answers:

Capital Structure Proportions are:

Bank Debt (rd – 10%)                                        280M                     9.4%

Long Term Debt (rD – 9%)                                 1800M                 60.4

Equity (rE – 18 percent, 90 X 10M shares)              1900M                  30.2

WACC = 9.6%

  

Explanation / Answer

so WACC = 9.58% (Approx 9.60 %)

cost(A) Value weights(value/total) (B) weighted cost (A*B) After tax Bank debt       10(1-.35) 6.50 280 .09396    [280/2980] .6107 After tax Long term debt                     9(1-.35) 5.85 1800 .6040     [1800/2980] 3.5334 Equity 18 900 .3020      [900/2980] 5.436 2980 9.58