Suppose that as a financial manager you have collected the following information on your company:

Company Financial Information

Financial Element Cost

Before$-$tax cost of debt $6\mathrm{.}5\%$

Tax rate $40\%$

Total long$-$term debt $$400,000$

Cost of preferred stock $7\mathrm{.}25\%$

Total preferred stock $$50,000$

Cost of common stock $11\%$

Total common stock $$500,000$

Finance utilized $$850,000$

The firm is considering undertaking a project that costs $$250,000$ with an expected return of $13\mathrm{.}5\%.$ Address the following in your initial post:

How much new capital is needed?

Not having enough existing capital, how would you recommend going about obtaining the additional funds? Calculate and use the current WACC in your analysis.

Discuss how the current WACC will change based on the type of financing chosen.