Question

Paper Exchange has 80 million shares of common stock outstanding, 60 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 50 thousand bonds. If the common shares are selling for $20 per share, the preferred shares are selling for $10 per share, and the bonds are selling for 105 percent of par, what would be the weight used for preferred stock in the computation of Paper's WACC?

Answer 1

26.64%

Step-by-step explanation:

Common stocks outstanding (C) = 80 million

Preffered stock outstanding (P) = 60 million

Number of bonds (B) = 50,000

Cost of common stock (Cc) = $20 per share

Cost of Preffered stock (Cp) = $10 per share

Cost of bond (Cb) = 105% of par

Weight of preferred stock :

(P * Cp) / [(P*Cp) + (C*Cc) + (B * Cb * par value)]

(60mill * $10) / [(60mill * $10) + (80mill * $20) + (50000 * 1.05 * 1000)]

600mill / (600 mill + 1600mill + 52.5mill)

600,000,000 / 2252500000

= 0.2663706

= 26.64%