Overall cost of debt-weighted average


Problem:

Filer manufacturing has 7.3 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $43, and the book value per share is $3. Filer manufacturing also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $68 million and a coupon rate of 6 percent and sells for 109.3 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $58 million and a coupon rate of 6.5 percent and sells for 106.9 percent of par. The first issue matures in 7 years, the second in 28 years.

The company's stock has a beta of 1.4. The risk-free rate is 2.1 percent, and the market risk premium is 6 percent. Assume that the overall cost of debt is the weighted average implied by the two outstanding debt issues. Both bonds make semiannual payments. The tax rate is 34 percent.

Required:

Question: What is the company's WACC?

Note: Please answer in proper manner and show all computations

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