Question

11,400 shares of common stock outstanding at a price of $48 per share, It has also issued 300 bonds with a coupon rate of 6.7 percent paid semiannually, and 275 shares of preferred stock that sells a price of $90 per share The bonds mature in 29 years, have a Par value of $1,000, and sell at 108 percent of par. What is the capital structure weight of the common stock

Answer 1

0.4485

Step-by-step explanation:

Calculation to determine the capital structure weight of the common stock

First step is to calculate the Value of Common Stock

Value of Common Stock = 11,400(48)

Value of Common Stock= $547,200

Second step is to calculate Value of Preferred Stock

Value of Preferred Stock = 275(90)

Value of Preferred Stock = $24,750

Third step is to calculate the Value of Debt

Value of Debt = 1.08(2,000)(300)

Value of Debt= $648,000

Now let calculate the Weight of common stock

Weight of common stock =$547,200 /(547,200 + 24,750 + 648,000)

Weight of common stock=$547,200/$1,219,950

Weight of common stock = 0.4485

Therefore the capital structure weight of the common stock is 0.4485