XYZ corp. currently has 50 million shares of common stock outstanding. Their current market price is $80 per share and have a beta of 1.15. XYZ has $1 billion of bonds outstanding, each with the market value of $1100. It is known that the yield to maturity of the bond is 7.85%. XYZ also has 100 million shares of preferred stock outstanding which pay a dividend of $3 annually. The preferred shares are currently trading at $27 a share. The expected return on the S&P 500 is 14% and TBills are yielding 5%. The corporate tax rate is 40%.
•What is the cost of common stock, rs?
•What is the pre-tax cost of debt, rd?
•What is the after-tax cost of debt, rdT?
•What is the cost of preferred equity, rs?
•Now what are the capital structure weights?
•Finally what is the WACC?