Titan Mining Corporation has 8.7 million shares of common stock outstanding and 230,000 6.4 percent semiannual bonds outstanding, par value $1,000 each. The common stock currently sells for $37 per share and has a beta of 1.20, and the bonds have 20 years to maturity and sell for 104 percent of par. The market risk premium is 7 percent, T - bills are yielding 3.5 percent, and the company’s tax rate is 35 percent.
a. What is the firm’s market value capital structure?
b. If the company is evaluating a new investment project that has the same risk as the firm’s typical project, what rate should the firm use to discount the project’s cash flows?