(ST1) WACC Longstreet Communications Inc. (LCI) has the following capital structure, which it considers to be optimal:...
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WACC Longstreet Communications Inc. (LCI) has the following capital structure, which it considers to be optimal: debt = 25%, preferred stock = 15%, and common stock =
60%. LCI’s tax rate is 40%, and investors expect earnings and dividends to grow at a constant rate of 6% in the future. LCI paid a dividend of $3.70 per share last year
(D0), and its stock currently sells at a price of $60 per share. Ten-year Treasury bonds yield 6%, the market risk premium is 5%, and LCI’s beta is 1.3. The following terms would apply to new security offerings.
Preferred: New preferred could be sold to the public at a price of $100 per share, with a dividend of $9. Flotation costs of $5 per share would be incurred.
Debt: Debt could be sold at an interest rate of 9%.
Common: New common equity will be raised only by retaining earnings.
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Financial Management Theory And Practice
ISBN: 9781439078105
13th Edition
Authors: Eugene F. Brigham, Michael C. Ehrhardt