Contare Truck Manufacturing Company (CTMC) 's balance sheet (capital structure section) is given below as of today. Ms. Laura Prati, the finance manager of the company, has decided to use the book value approach to estimate company's WACC. Capital Structure Items Long Term Debt (par value $1,000) Preferred Stock Common Stock Total $ 54,660,000 10,025,000 99,940,000 164,625,000 CTMC has semiannual bonds outstanding with 8 percent coupon. The bonds have a par value of $1,000, will mature in 7 years, and currently are selling for $865 per bond. The preferred stock of the company pays $2.50 preferred dividend per share per year and is currently trading at $21.65 per share at the Sassari Stock Exchange (SSE). Ms. Prati has collected data, which indicate the risk-free rate to be 5 percent and expected return on market portfolio to be 12.30%. CTMC beta is estimated to be 1.25. CTMC stocks are traded at $50.50 per share and the company recently paid dividend $4.00 per share. Financial analysts believe CTMC will grow at a constant rate of 6% in future years. CTMC's current policy is to add a risk premium of 4.25% to the company's own before tax cost of debt, when bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach is used to estimate company's own cost of equity. CTMC tax rate is 30 percent. What is your estimate of the CTMC's WACC. Explain your approach in writing and show your work step by step. Contare Truck Manufacturing Company (CTMC) 's balance sheet (capital structure section) is given below as of today. Ms. Laura Prati, the finance manager of the company, has decided to use the book value approach to estimate company's WACC. Capital Structure Items Long Term Debt (par value $1,000) Preferred Stock Common Stock Total $ 54,660,000 10,025,000 99,940,000 164,625,000 CTMC has semiannual bonds outstanding with 8 percent coupon. The bonds have a par value of $1,000, will mature in 7 years, and currently are selling for $865 per bond. The preferred stock of the company pays $2.50 preferred dividend per share per year and is currently trading at $21.65 per share at the Sassari Stock Exchange (SSE). Ms. Prati has collected data, which indicate the risk-free rate to be 5 percent and expected return on market portfolio to be 12.30%. CTMC beta is estimated to be 1.25. CTMC stocks are traded at $50.50 per share and the company recently paid dividend $4.00 per share. Financial analysts believe CTMC will grow at a constant rate of 6% in future years. CTMC's current policy is to add a risk premium of 4.25% to the company's own before tax cost of debt, when bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach is used to estimate company's own cost of equity. CTMC tax rate is 30 percent. What is your estimate of the CTMC's WACC. Explain your approach in writing and show your work step by step
