Question

Theresa’s Flower Garden has 750 bonds outstanding that are selling for $989 each, 2,500 shares of preferred stock with a market price of $47 a share, and 30,000 shares of common stock valued at $56 a share. What weight should be assigned to the common stock when computing the firm's weighted average cost of capital?

Answer 1

weight of preferred stock = 4.63 %

Step-by-step explanation:

given data

Number of outstanding bonds = 750

selling price = $989 each

preferred stock = 2,500 shares

market price = $47 a share

number of common stock = 30,000

common stock valued = $56 share

solution

we first get here total market value that is express as

total market value = Number of outstanding bonds × selling price per bond + number of preferred stock × market price per share + number of common stock × par value per share ......................1

put here value and we get

total market value = 750 × $989 + 2,500 × $47 + 30,000 × $56

solve it we get

total market value = $2539250

and

here now we get weight of preferred stock that will be

weight of preferred stock = Total value of preferred stock ÷ total market value × 100 .........................2

put here value

weight of preferred stock = ( 2,500 × $47 ) ÷ $2539250 × 100

weight of preferred stock = 4.63 %