1. What is Walmart's full year AT cost of debt?

   A.2.45% B.3.02% C.3.18% D.4.22%

2. What is Walmart's cost of preferred stock? A. 2.66% B.3.75% C.4.21% D.5.12%

3. What is Walmart's cost of common equity using the CAPM method?

   A.2.98% B.3.27% C.4.11% D.5.26%

Use this information to answer questions 2 - 7 Walmart's management has asked you to calculate their weighted average cost of capital. Their CFO tells you that they currently have 45% of their financing from debt, 10% from preferred stock and 45% from common equity. However, they have a target of 40% from debt, 5% from preferred stock and the remainder from common equity. The CFO says that the last time they issued bonds, the cost was 5.2%. They have some existing 20 year bonds that have a coupon rate of 3.4%, are non-callable and pay semi-annual payments. These cost $1,023. They also have some 5 years bonds that have a coupon rate of 2.7%, are non-callable and pay semi-annual payments. These cost $1,076. And they have some 20 year bonds that have a coupon rate of 3.6%, that are callable and pay semi-annual payments. These cost $1,010. Walmart's previous tax rate was 23% but they expect that in the future the tax rate will be 24.4%. They have preferred stock that has a par value of $100. The dividend rate is 6.3% and the cost is $154.23 per share. The flotation cost of the preferred stock is 3%. Walmart's stock price is $142.60 per share. They pay an annual dividend of $2.24 which is expected to grow at a constant rate of 3.5% a year. The stock has a Beta of 53. The market risk premium is 5.7% and the risk free rate is 25% (that is one quarter of one percent). Walmart's management considers their stock to have a risk premium above their bonds of 1.5%