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Can someone please help me figure out these problems... i would really like some help figuring out how to do them not just the answers.



1) Stock in Dragula Industries has a beta of 1.1. The market risk premium is 7 percent, and T-bills are currently yielding 5.00 percent. The company%u2019s most recent dividend was $1.40 per share, and dividends are expected to grow at a 7.0 percent annual rate indefinitely.

If the stock sells for $35 per share, what is your best estimate of the company%u2019s cost of equity?



2)

Mullineaux Corporation has a target capital structure of 45 percent common stock, 15 percent preferred stock, and 40 percent debt. Its cost of equity is 14 percent, the cost of preferred stock is 5 percent, and the pretax cost of debt is 7 percent. The relevant tax rate is 40 percent.

What is Mullineaux%u2019s WACC? 8.73

What is the aftertax cost of debt?


3)Erna Corp. has 8 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $87, and the book value per share is $6. Erna Corp. also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $75 million, has a coupon of 10 percent, and sells for 97 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $50 million, has a coupon of 11 percent, and sells for 105 percent of par. The first issue matures in 25 years, the second in 7 years.


a. What are Erna%u2019s capital structure weights on a book value basis?

Equity/value_____

Debt/Value______


b. What are Erna%u2019s capital structure weights on a market value basis?

Equity/value_____

Debt/Value_____


4)

You are given the following information for Lightning Power Co. Assume the company%u2019s tax rate is 38 percent.

9,000 7.6 percent coupon bonds outstanding, $1,000 par value, 30 years to maturity, selling for 105 percent of par; the bonds make semiannual payments.

26,000 shares of 4 percent preferred stock outstanding, currently selling for $86 per share.

What is the company's WACC?




1) Stock in Dragula Industries has a beta of 1.1. The market risk premium is 7 percent, and T-bills are currently yielding 5.00 percent. The company%u2019s most recent dividend was $1.40 per share, and dividends are expected to grow at a 7.0 percent annual rate indefinitely.

Explanation / Answer

1) Stock in Dragula Industries has a beta of 1.1. The market risk premium is 7 percent, and T-bills are currently yielding 5.00 percent. The company%u2019s most recent dividend was $1.40 per share, and dividends are expected to grow at a 7.0 percent annual rate indefinitely.

If the stock sells for $35 per share, what is your best estimate of the company%u2019s cost of equity?

Required Rate of Return as per CAPM= 5+7*1.1 =12.7

Required rate of Return as per DDM approach =

Share Price = D1/Ke-g

35 = 1.4*1.07/Ke-0.07

Ke = 1.498/35 + 0.07 = 11.28%

The DDM is more realistic

Therefore, Company%u2019s Cost of equity = 11.28%

2)

Mullineaux Corporation has a target capital structure of 45 percent common stock, 15 percent preferred stock, and 40 percent debt. Its cost of equity is 14 percent, the cost of preferred stock is 5 percent, and the pretax cost of debt is 7 percent. The relevant tax rate is 40 percent.

a.

What is Mullineaux%u2019s WACC?


WACC = 14*0.45 + 15*0.05+ 4.20*0.40 = 8.73%

b.

What is the aftertax cost of debt?


Aftertax cost of debt= 7(1-0.40) = 4.20%

3)Erna Corp. has 8 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $87, and the book value per share is $6. Erna Corp. also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $75 million, has a coupon of 10 percent, and sells for 97 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $50 million, has a coupon of 11 percent, and sells for 105 percent of par. The first issue matures in 25 years, the second in 7 years.



a. What are Erna%u2019s capital structure weights on a book value basis?

Equity/value = 6*8Million/(6*8million + 75million + 50million) = 48/173 = 27.75%

Debt/Value = 125/173= 72.25%

b. What are Erna%u2019s capital structure weights on a market value basis?

Equity/value = 87*8Million/(87*8million + 75million*97% + 50million*105%) = 696/821.25 =84.75%

Debt/Value = 125.25/821.25 = 15.25%

4)

You are given the following information for Lightning Power Co. Assume the company%u2019s tax rate is 38 percent.

  Debt:

9,000 7.6 percent coupon bonds outstanding, $1,000 par value, 30 years to maturity, selling for 105 percent of par; the bonds make semiannual payments.

  Common stock:

480,000 shares outstanding, selling for $66 per share; the beta is 1.09.

  Preferred stock:

26,000 shares of 4 percent preferred stock outstanding, currently selling for $86 per share.

  Market:

9 percent market risk premium and 5.60 percent risk-free rate.

What is the company's WACC?

Re = 5.60+9*1.09 = 15.41%

After tax cost of debt = 7.6*0.62 =4.712%

Weight of equity =480000*66 / (480000*66+ 9000*1000*105% + 26000*86) = 31680000/43366000 = 73.05%

Weight of debt = 9450000/43366000 = 21.79%

Weight of preferred stock = 2236000/43366000 = 5.16%

WACC = 15.41*73.05% + 4.712*21.79% + 4*5.16% = 12.49%

1) Stock in Dragula Industries has a beta of 1.1. The market risk premium is 7 percent, and T-bills are currently yielding 5.00 percent. The company%u2019s most recent dividend was $1.40 per share, and dividends are expected to grow at a 7.0 percent annual rate indefinitely.