Question

Targaryen Corporation has a target capital structure of 65 percent common stock, 5 percent preferred stock, and 30 percent debt. Its cost of equity is 13 percent, the cost of preferred stock is 5 percent, and the pretax cost of debt is 6 percent. The relevant tax rate is 25 percent. a. What is the company’s WACC? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What is the aftertax cost of debt? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Answer 1

• a. What is the company’s WACC?

R_Wacc = 13% (65%) + 5% (5%) + 6% (30%) * (1-0,25) = 10,05%

• b. What is the aftertax cost of debt?

The aftertax cost of debt is:

R_Debt : (1 - 0,25) x 6% = 4,50%

Step-by-step explanation:

The WACC it's defined by the formula :

WACC: E/V*Re + D/V*Rd *(1-0,25)

Re: 13,00% Cost of Common Equity

Re: 5,00% Cost of Preferred STOCK

Re: 6% Cost of Debt

E/V: 65% Percentage of financing that is Common Equity

PS/V: 5% Percentage of financing that is Preferred Stock

DB/V: 30% Percentage of financing that is Debt

Tax: 25% Corporate tax rate

Now we have all of the components to calculate the WACC.

The WACC is:

R_Wacc = 13% (65%) + 5% (5%) + 6% (30%)*(1-0,25) = 10,05%

The aftertax cost of debt is:

R_Debt : (1 - 0,25) x 6% = 4,50%