Adamson Corporation is considering four average-risk projects with the following costs and rates of retur: Project Cost Expected Rate of Return 1 $2,000 16.00% 2 3,000 15.00 3 5,000 13.75 4 2,000 12.50 The company estimates that it can issue debt at a rate of ro - 10%, and its tax rate is 35%. It can issue preferred stock that pays a constant dividend of $4 per year at $55 per share. Also, its common stock currently sells for $35 per share; the next expected dividend, Du, is $3.75; and the dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 6% per year. The target capital structure consists of 75% common stock, 15% debt, and 10% preferred stock. The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the questions below. Open spreadsheet a. What is the cost of each of the capital components? Round your answers to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations. Cost of debt % Cost of preferred stock % Hi X Open spreadsheet a. What is the cost of each of the capital components? Round your answers to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations. Cost of debt % Cost of preferred stock % Cost of retained earnings % b. What is Adamson's WACCP Round your answer to two decimal places. Do not round your intermediate calculations. % C. Only projects with expected returns that exceed WACC will be accepted. Which projects should Adamson accept? Project Project 2 Project 3 Project 3 Cost of debt, 4 Tax rate, T 5 Preferred dividend 6 Preferred stock price, Pp 7 Common stock price, P. 8 Expected common dividend, D, 9 Common stock constant growth rate, 10 % common stock in capital structure 11 % debt in capital structure 12% preferred stock in capital structure 13 Cost of capital components 14 & WACC calculation: 15 After-tax cost of debt, r.(1-T) 16 Cost of preferred stock, Po 17 Cost of common stock, r, 18 19 20 Project acceptance analysis: 10.00% 35.00% $4.00 $55.00 $35.00 $3.75 6.00% 75.00% 15.00% 10.00% Weighted Cost Weights After-tax Cost 15.00% 10.00% 75.00% WACC = 21 22 23 Projects 1 2 Expected Rate Cost of Return $2,000 16.00% $3,000 15.00% Accept Project? YIN Sheet1 B A Accept Project? YN Cost $2,000 $3,000 $5,000 $2,000 of Retum 16.00% 15.00% 13.75% 12.50% 21 Projects 22 1 23 2 24 3 25 4 26 27 Formulas 28 Cost of capital components 29 & WACC calculation: 30 After-tax cost of debt, r. (1-T) 31 Cost of preferred stock, 32 Cost of common stock, , 33 34 35 Project acceptance analysis: Weights After-tax Cost 15.00% #N/A 10.00% #N/A 75.00% #N/A WACC Weighted Cost #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Projects 1 2 3 4 Expected Rate Cost of Return $2,000 16.00% $3,000 15.00% $5,000 13.75% $2,000 12.50% Accept Project? Y/N #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A