Question

Jones Company has a target capital structure of 40% debt, 10% preferred stock, and 50% common equity. The company's after-tax cost of debt is 8%, its cost of preferred stock is 10%, its cost of retained earnings is 14%, and its cost of new common stock is 16%. The company stock has a beta of 1.2 and the company's marginal tax rate is 35%. What is the company's weighted average cost of capital if retained earnings are used to fund the common equity portion

Answer 1

Answer:

11.2%

Explanation:

WACC is the average cost of capital of the firm based on the weightage of the debt and weightage of the equity multiplied to their respective costs. weightage can be calculated by using the market value of the equity and debt.

The formula for WACC is

Weighted average cost of capital = (Cost of Common stock x Weightage of Common stock) + (Cost of debt (1 - tax ) x Weightage of debt) + (Cost of Preferred stock x Weightage of Preferred stock)

Weighted average cost of capital = (14% x 50%) + (8% x 40% ) + (10% x 10%)

Weighted average cost of capital = 7% + 3.2% + 1% = 11.2%