Given the following information for Watson Power Co., find the WACC. Assume the companys tax rate is
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Given the following information for Watson Power Co., find the WACC. Assume the company’s tax rate is 21 percent.
Debt: 15,000 bonds with a 5.8 percent coupon outstanding, $1,000 par value, 25 years to maturity, selling for 108 percent of par; the bonds make semiannual payments.
Common stock: 575,000 shares outstanding, selling for $64 per share; the beta is 1.09.
Preferred stock: 35,000 shares of 2.8 percent preferred stock outstanding, currently selling for $65 per share.
Market: 7 percent market risk premium and 3.2 percent risk-free rate.
CouponA coupon or coupon payment is the annual interest rate paid on a bond, expressed as a percentage of the face value and paid from issue date until maturity. Coupons are usually referred to in terms of the coupon rate (the sum of coupons paid in a...
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
ISBN: 978-1260153590
12th edition
Authors: Stephen M. Ross, Randolph W Westerfield, Robert R. Dockson, Bradford D Jordan
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