What is juniors weighted average cost of

Question

Junior Interiors market value capital structure of 62% Common Equity, 3% Preferred Stock (PS) and 35% Debt. The company does not pay dividends, and evaluates its operations as approximately 30% more risky than an "average" company in the industry. The overall rate of return on average industry investments is 8.4% and risk-free investments currently return 1.7%.
Company Bonds sell for 97% of $2,000,000 Face value; carry a 6% annual interest rate with interest only payments made monthly. Currently outstanding debt obligations are due in 4 years. The firm's PS has a current annual yield of 7.1%. It applicable tax rate is 32%.

What is Juniors Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)?

If the regular PS dividend is $1.35 per quarter, for what does the stock currently sell?

A firm has a target Debt to Equity ratio of .85. It WACC is 10.2% and the applicable tax rate is 35%. If the company Cost of Equity is 13.4%, what is its PRE-TAX Cost of Debt?

Stock B has a Beta of 1.1 and an expected return of 12.3%. If the risk-free rate is 3.7% and MRP is 7%, is Stock B priced correctly?

Answer 1

In accordance to the scenario and information provided above; read all the guidelines an instructions and response to the following problems. 1) Determine the Juniors Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)? 2) Whenever the regular PS dividend is $1.35 per quarter, for what does the stock presently sell? 3) A firm consists of a target Debt to Equity ratio of .85. If WACC is 10.2% and the applicable tax rate is 35%. If the company Cost of Equity is 13.4%, determine its PRE-TAX Cost of Debt? 4) Stock B consists of a Beta of 1.1 and an expected return of 12.3%. If the risk-free rate is 3.7% and MRP is 7%, is Stock B priced properly?