Question

Team Sports has 4.9 million shares of common stock outstanding, 2.9 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 29 thousand bonds. If the common shares are selling for $3.90 per share, the preferred share are selling for $15.9 per share, and the bonds are selling for 98.91 percent of par, what would be the weight used for common stock in the computation of Team's WACC

Answer 1

The weight used for common stock in the computation of Team's WACC is 20.35%.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since par value of a bond is $1,000, we have:

Bond selling price = Bond par value * Selling price percentage = $1,000 * 98.91% = $989.10

the weight used for common stock in the computation of Team's WACC can be calculated as follows:

Value of common stock = Number of shares of common stock outstanding * Common stock price per share = 4,900,000 * $3.90 = $19,110,000

Value of preferred stock = Number of shares of preferred stock outstanding * Preferred stock price per share = 2,900,000 * $15.9 = $46,110,000

Value of bond = Number of bonds * Bond selling price = 29,000 * $989.10 = $28,683,900

Team's total value = Value of common stock + Value of preferred stock + Value of bond = $19,110,000 + $46,110,000 + $28,683,900 = $93,903,900

Therefore, we have:

Weight of common stock = Value of common stock / Team's total value = $19,110,000 / $93,903,900 = 0.2035, or 20.35%

Therefore, the weight used for common stock in the computation of Team's WACC is 20.35%.