Question

Industries’ capital structure features 63 percent equity, 7 percent preferred stock, and 30 percent debt. If the before-tax component costs of equity, preferred stock, and debt are 11.60 percent, 9.5 percent, and 9 percent, respectively, what is MNINK’s WACC if the firm faces an average tax rate of 21 percent and can make full use of the interest tax shield?

Answer 1

16.091%

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the WACC is shown below:

= (Weightage of debt × cost of debt) × ( 1- tax rate) + (Weightage of preferred stock) × (cost of preferred stock) + (Weightage of common stock) × (cost of common stock)

= (0.3 × 9%) × ( 1 - 21%) + (0.07 × 9.5%) + (0.63 × 11.60%)

= 2.133% + 6.65% + 7.308%

= 16.091%

Basically we multiplied the weightage with its cost