How would a firm use its calculated weighted average cost of capital of 12.5%?
Firm XYZ (taxation category 2 firm) currently has a capital structure, which it views as optimal. It has $3,000,000 of par value 9% bonds outstanding with an annual before-tax yield to maturity of 8% on a new issue. The bonds currently sell for $115 per $100 par value. The firm has 46,000 shares of common stock outstanding, currently selling for $40 per share. The firm expects to pay a $3.50 dividend per share one year from now, and is experiencing a 4.5% growth rate in dividends, which it expec
Firm XYZ (taxation category 2 firm) currently has a capital structure, which it views as optimal. It has $3,000,000 of par value 9% bonds outstanding with an annual before-tax yield to maturity of 8% on a new issue. The bonds currently sell for $115 per $100 par value. The firm has 46,000 shares of common stock outstanding, currently selling for $40 per share. The firm expects to pay a $3.50 dividend per share one year from now, and is experiencing a 4.5% growth rate in dividends, which it expec
Firm XYZ (taxation category 2 firm) currently has a capital structure, which it views as optimal. It has $3,000,000 of par value 9% bonds outstanding with an annual before-tax yield to maturity of 8% on a new issue. The bonds currently sell for $115 per $100 par value. The firm has 46,000 shares of common stock outstanding, currently selling for $40 per share. The firm expects to pay a $3.50 dividend per share one year from now, and is experiencing a 4.5% growth rate in dividends, which it expec
Firm XYZ (taxation category 2 firm) currently has a capital structure, which it views as optimal. It has $3,000,000 of par value 9% bonds outstanding with an annual before-tax yield to maturity of 8% on a new issue. The bonds currently sell for $115 per $100 par value. The firm has 46,000 shares of common stock outstanding, currently selling for $40 per share. The firm expects to pay a $3.50 dividend per share one year from now, and is experiencing a 4.5% growth rate in dividends, which it expec
A firm (taxation category 2 firm) has a target financing mix of 30% debt and 70% common equity. The before-tax cost of debt is 10%. The cost of common equity is 14%. The firm has a marginal tax rate of 30%. What is the firm's weighted cost of capital?
A firm's cost of capital is the:
The cost of debt financing is generally __________ the cost of preferred or common equity financing.
The cost of preferred stock is usually more than the cost of debt because of: