Question

Charlotte's Crochet Shoppe has 12,200 shares of common stock outstanding at a price per share of $68 and a rate of return of 11.33 percent. The company also has 370 bonds outstanding, with a par value of $1,000 per bond. The pretax cost of debt is 5.99 percent and the bonds sell for 95.1 percent of par. What is the firm's WACC if the tax rate is 39 percent?

Answer 1

9.04%

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of firm's WACC is shown below:-

MV of equity = Price of equity × Number of shares outstanding

= $68 × 12,200

= $829,600

MV of Bond = Par value × bonds outstanding × Percentage of par

= $1,000 × 370 × 0.951

= $351,870

MV of firm = MV of Equity + MV of Bond

= $829,600 + $351,870

= $1,181,470

After tax cost of debt = Cost of debt × (1 - Tax rate)

After tax cost of debt = 5.99 × (1 - 0.39)

= 3.6539

Weight of equity = MV of Equity ÷ MV of firm

= $829,600 ÷ $1,181,470

=0.7022

Weight of debt = MV of Bond ÷ MV of firm

= $351,870 ÷ $1,181,470

= 0.2978

WACC = After tax cost of debt × Weight of debt + Cost of equity × Weight of equity

= 3.65 × 0.2978 + 11.33% × 0.7022

= 9.04%