Dot and Blot Potts are twins! And theyve opened their own cookware business called (you guessed it) Potts Pots. Theyve hired you as a financial manager to determine the WACC for their firm and to show how the risk of their projects will affect the WACC.

You have ascertained the information below to be used for you computations.

i) Target capital structure is: debt = 50%, preferred = 5%, equity = 45% ii) Outstanding bonds have 20 years left till maturity, an annual coupon of $80, and a $1,000 par value. The current market price is $960.

iii) Preferred stock pays $10 per year in dividends and sells for $125 per share.

iv) The next dividend will be $2.00 for the common stock, which has a of 0.9.

v) T-bills currently yield 5% and the return on the S&P 500 is 15%. vi) The Potts are taxed at a rate of 40%.

a). What is the cost of debt? What is the after-tax cost of debt?

2. b) What is the cost of common?

3. c) What is the cost of preferred?