Exam 13: The Cost of Capital

Is it incorrect to use the coupon rate of debt toward cost of debt?

A firm incurs $35,000 in interest expenses each year. If the tax rate of the firm is 30%, what is the effective after-tax interest rate expense for the firm?

Assume Time Warner shares have a market capitalization of $60 billion. The company is expected to pay a dividend of $0.30 per share and each share trades for $40. The growth rate in dividends is expected to be 7% per year. Also, Time Warner has $20 billion of debt that trades with a yield to maturity of 8%. If the firm's tax rate is 35%, compute the WACC?

Verano Inc. has two business divisions-a software product line and a waste water clean-up product line. The software business has a cost of equity capital of 10% and the waste water clean-up business has a cost of equity capital of 7%. Verano has 50% of its revenue from software and the rest from the waste water business. Verano is considering a purchase of another company in the waste water business using equity financing. What is the appropriate cost of capital to evaluate the business?

Assume Ford Motor Company is discussing new ways to recapitalize the firm and raise additional capital. Its current capital structure has a 25% weight in equity, 10% in preferred stock, and 65% in debt. The cost of equity capital is 13%, the cost of preferred stock is 9%, and the pretax cost of debt is 8%. What is the weighted average cost of capital for Ford if its marginal tax rate is 40%?

Assume General Motors has a weighted average cost of capital of 10%. GM is considering investing in a new plant that will save the company $30 million over each of the first two years, and then $25 million each year thereafter. If the investment is $150 million, what is the net present value (NPV)of the project?

SIROM Scientific Solutions has $12 million of outstanding equity and $4 million of bank debt. The bank debt costs 4% per year. The estimated equity beta is 1. If the market risk premium is 8% and the risk-free rate is 4%, compute the weighted average cost of capital if the firm's tax rate is 30%.

IBM expects to pay a dividend of $2 next year and expects these dividends to grow at 9% a year. The price of IBM is $80 per share. What is IBM's cost of equity capital?

Which of the three costs-debt, preferred stock and common equity-is most difficult to estimate?

A firm incurs $70,000 in interest expenses each year. If the tax rate of the firm is 30%, what is the effective after-tax interest rate expense for the firm?

Assume JUP has debt with a book value of $24 million, trading at 120% of par value. The firm has book equity of $28 million, and 2 million shares trading at $20 per share. What weights should JUP use in calculating its WACC?

IBM expects to pay a dividend of $5 next year and expects these dividends to grow at 7% a year. The price of IBM is $90 per share. What is IBM's cost of equity capital?

An all-equity firm had a dividend expense of $20,000 last year. The market value of the firm is $600,000 and the dividend is expected to increase at 5% each year. What is the cost of equity for this firm?

Assume Ford Motor Company is discussing new ways to recapitalize the firm and raise additional capital. Its current capital structure has a 30% weight in equity, 15% in preferred stock, and 55% in debt. The cost of equity capital is 16%, the cost of preferred stock is 11%, and the pretax cost of debt is 8%. What is the weighted average cost of capital for Ford if its marginal tax rate is 40%?

Assume Ford Motors expects a new hybrid-engine project to produce incremental cash flows of $45 million each year, and expects these to grow at 3% each year. The upfront project costs are $380 million and Ford's weighted average cost of capital is 9%. If the issuance costs for external finances are $10 million, what is the net present value (NPV)of the project?

What is the assumption about leverage when using WACC to evaluate a project?

A firm has outstanding debt with a coupon rate of 8%, nine years maturity, and a price of $1,000. What is the after-tax cost of debt if the marginal tax rate of the firm is 40%?

Different divisions with differing lines of business use different costs of capital because their cost of equity is different and also because the ________ could be different.

Which of the following is NOT a step in the WACC valuation method?

A firm has $3 million market value and it sells preferred stock with a par value of $100. If the coupon rate on the preferred stock is 8% and the preferred stock trades at $92, what is the cost of preferred stock capital?