COST OF CAPITAL FOR SWAN MOTORS You have recently been hired by Swan Motors, Inc. (SMI), in its relatively new treasury management department. SMI was founded eight years ago by Joe Swan. Joe found a method to manufacture a cheaper battery with much greater energy density than was previously possible, giving a car powered by the battery a range of 700 miles before requiring a charge. The cars manufactured by SMI are midsized and carry a price that allows the company to compete with other mainstream auto manufacturers. The company is privately owned by Joe and his family and had sales of $97 million last year. SMI primarily sells to customers who buy the cars online, although it does have a limited number of company-owned dealerships. The customer selects any customization and makes a deposit of 20 percent of the purchase price. After the order is taken, the car is made to order, typically within 45 days. SMIs growth to date has come from its profits. When the company had sufficient capital, it would expand production. Relatively little formal analysis has been 427 used in its capital budgeting process. Joe has read about capital budgeting techniques and has come to you for help. For starters, the company has never attempted to determine its cost of capital and Joe would like you to perform the analysis. Because the company is privately owned, it is difficult to determine the cost of equity for the company. Joe wants you to use the pure play approach to estimate the cost of capital for SMI and has chosen Tesla Motors as a representative company. The following questions will lead you through the steps to calculate this estimate.

4.You now need to calculate the cost of debt for Tesla. Go to finra-markets.morningstar.com/BondCenter, enter Tesla as the company, and find the yield to maturity for each of Teslas bonds. What is the weighted average cost of debt for Tesla using the book value weights and the market value weights? Does it make a difference in this case if you use book value weights or market value weights?