A firm's weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is used as the discount rate to evaluate various capital budgeting projects. However, remember the WACC is an appropriate descontrate only for a project of average risk Analyze the cost of capital situations of the following company cases, and answer the specific questions that finance professionals need to address, Consider the case of Cute Camel Woodcraft Company Cute Camel Woodcraft Company has a target capital structure of 45% debt, 4% preferred stock, and 51% common quity. It has a before-tax cost of debt of 11.1%, and its cost of preferred stock is 12.2% If Cute Camel can raive all of its equity capital from retained earnings, its cost of common equity will be 14.700. However, if it is necessary to use new common equity, it will carry a cost of 16.89 If its current tax rate is 40%, how much higher will Cute Camel's weighted average cost of capital (WACC) be if it has to raise additional common equity capital by issuing new common stock instead of raising the funds through retained earnings? (Note: Round your answer to two decimal places) 1.07 0.91% 1.23 The CFO of Purple Lemon Shipbuilders is trying to determine the company's WACC. He has determined that the company's before-tax cost of debt is 10.20%. The company currently has $230,000 of debt, and the CFO believes that the book value of the company's debt is a good approximation for the market value of the company's debt. The firm's cost of preferred stock is 11.40%, and the book value of preferred stock is $16,000, Its cost of equity is 14.30%, and the company currently has $210,000 of common equity on its balance sheet The CFO has estimated that the firm's market value of preferred stock is $20,000, and the market value of its common equity is $320,000. (Note: Round your answer to two decimal If Purple Lemon is subject to a tax rate of 40%, Purple Lemon Shipbuilders's WAOC is plices) Red Snail Satellite Company is considering a new project that will require an initial investment of $20 million. It has a target capital structure of 454 debt.4% preferred stock, and 51% common equity, Red Snail Satellite has noncallable bonds outstanding that mature in five years with a face valor of $1,000, an annual coupon rate of 10%, and a market price of $1,050,76. The yield on the company's current bonds is a good approximation of the yield on any new bonds that it issues. The company can sell new shares of preferred stock that pay an annual dividend of $8 at a price of $92.25 per share. Assume that Red Snail Satellite new preferred shares can be sold without incurring flotation costs. Red Snail Satellite does not have any retained earnings available to finance this project, so the firm will have to issue new common stock to help fund it Its common stock is currently selling for $33.35 per share, and it is expected to pay a dividend of $2.78 at the end of next year. Flotation costs will represent 3% of the funds raised by issuing new common stock. The company is projected to grow at a constant rate of 8.7%, and they face a tax rate of 4096 Red Snail Satellite's WACC for this project will be: (Note: Round your answer to two decimal places @ 10.93% 12.09% 9.789 11.51%