Question

LUVFINANCE, Inc. is estimating its WACC. It is operating at its optimal capital structure. Its outstanding bonds have a 12 percent coupon, paid semiannually, a current maturity of 17 years, and sell for $1,162. It has 100,000 bonds outstanding. The firm can issue new 20-year maturity semiannual bonds at the same cost of its current bonds but will incur flotation costs of $50 per bond (Hint: the coupon rate on the new bonds = the YTM on existing bonds). The firm could sell, at par, $100 preferred stock that pays a 12 percent annual dividend that is currently selling for $120. The firm currently has 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock outstanding. Rollins' beta is 0.94, the risk-free rate is 3.72 percent, and the market risk premium is 6 percent. The common stock currently sells for $100 a share and there are 5,000,000 shares outstanding. The firm's marginal tax rate is 40 percent.

Required:
What is the WACC?

Answer 1

9.72%

Step-by-step explanation:

Maturity = 34

Par-value = -1000

Coupon rate = 6%

Coupon PMT = -60

Value of bond = 1152

Semi-annual Yield = Rate(34, -60, 1162, -1000, 0, 0)

Semi-annual Yield = 5.00%

Annual Yield = 10%

Tax rate = 40%

After tax cost of debt = 10*(1-0.4)= 6%: Add: Flotation cost (5%) = 11%

Cost of preferred stock = Dividend/Price = 12/120 = 10%

Cost of equity = Risk free rate + Beta*Market risk premium

Cost of equity = 3.72 + 0.94*6

Cost of equity = 9.36%

Particulars Value per No of Market Weight Cost of Product

security securities value security

Bonds 1162 100000 116200000 0.15784 11 1.736213

P. stock 120 1000000 120000000 0.16299 10 1.62999

Equity 100 5000000 500000000 0.6792 9.36 6.35697

736200000 1 9.72317

So, the WACC of the firm is 9.72%