I need to complete the second course project. I was going to use BP as the company of choice but have problems locating the needed information to perform the calculations. The following is a copy of the instructions and the sites to locate the information. I need the calculated WACC for BP along with the other info:

Assumptions

As you recall, the formula for WACC is

r_WACC = (E/E+D) r_E + D/(E+D) r_D (1-T_C)

The formula for the required return on a given equity investment is

r_i= r_f + _i * (R_Mkt-r_f)

R_Mkt-r_fis the Market Risk Premium. For this project, you may assume the Market Risk Premium is 4% unless you can develop a better number.

r_f is the risk free rate. The YTM on 10 year US Treasury securities is a good approximation.

You may assume a corporate tax rate of 40%.

One good source for financial data for companies as well as data about their equity is http://finance.yahoo.com. By looking around this site, you should be able to find the market capitalization (E) as well as the for any publicly traded company.

There are not many places left where data about corporate bonds is still available. One of them is http://finra-markets.morningstar.com/BondCenter. To find data for a particular companys bonds, find the Quick Search feature, then be sure to specify corporate bonds and type in the name of the issuing company. This should give you a list of all of the companys outstanding bond issues. Clicking on the symbol for a given bond issue will lead you to the current amount outstanding and the yield to maturity. You are interested in both. The total of all bonds outstanding is D in the above formula.

If you like, you can use the YTM on a bond issue that is not callable as the pre-tax cost of debt for the company.

Deliverable

Write a two or three page report that contains the following elements:

Your calculated WACC.How data was used to calculate WACC. This would be the formula and the formula with your values substituted.Sources for your data.A discussion of how much confidence you have in your answer. What were the limiting assumptions that you made, if any.