1. LL Incorporated's currently outstanding 11% coupon bonds have a yield to maturity of 8%. LL believes it could issue at par new bonds that would provide a similar yield to maturity. If its marginal tax rate is 35%, what is LL's after-tax cost of debt?
2. Burnwood Tech plans to issue some $60 par preferred stock with a 6% dividend.
The stock is selling on the market for $70.00, and Burnwood must pay flotation costs of 5% of the market price. What is the cost of the preferred stock?
3. Summerdahl Resorts' common stock is currently trading at $36 a share. The stock is expected to pay a dividend of $3.00 a share at the end of the year (D1 _ $3.00), and the dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5% a year. What is the cost of common equity?
4. Booher Book Stores has a beta of 0.8. The yield on a 3-month T-bill is 4% and the yield on a 10-year T-bond is 6%. The market risk premium is 5.5%, but the stock market return in the previous years was 15%. What is the estimated cost of common equity using the CAPM?
5. Shi Importers' balance sheet shows $300 million in debt, $50 million in preferred stock, and $250 million in total common equity. Shi faces a 40% tax rate and the following data: rd _ 6%, rps _ 5.8%, and rs _ 12%. If Shi has a target capital structure of 30% debt, 5% preferred stock, and 65% common stock, what is Shi's WACC?
6. Spencer Supplies' stock is currently selling for $60 a share. The firm is expected to earn $5.40 per share this year and to pay a year-end dividend of $3.60.
a. If investors require a 9% return, what rate of growth must be expected for Spencer?
b. If Spencer reinvests earnings in projects with average returns equal to the stock's expected rate of return, what will be next year's EPS?