Use the following information:
Suppose Federated Junkyards decides to move to a more conservative debt policy. A year later its debt ratio is down to 16.50% (D/V = .165). The interest rate has dropped to 9.6%. The company’s business risk, opportunity cost of capital, and tax rate have not changed.
Use the three-step procedure to calculate Federated’s WACC under these new assumptions. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)
Weighted-average cost of capital %
Current D/E calc.
MV of equity=Price of equity*number of shares outstanding |
MV of equity=36*1900000 |
=68400000 |
MV of Bond=Par value*bonds outstanding*%age of par |
MV of Bond=1000*69000*0.95 |
=65550000 |
MV of firm = MV of Equity + MV of Bond |
=68400000+65550000 |
=133950000 |
Weight of equity = MV of Equity/MV of firm |
Weight of equity = 68400000/133950000 |
W(E)=0.5106 |
Weight of debt = MV of Bond/MV of firm |
Weight of debt = 65550000/133950000 |
W(D)=0.4894 |
D/E = 0.4897/0.5106=0.959
Levered cost of equity = Unlevered cost of equity+D/E*( Unlevered cost of equity-cost of debt)*(1-tax rate) |
19 = Unlevered cost of equity+0.959*(Unlevered cost of equity-10)*(1-0.35) |
Unlevered cost of equity = 15.54 |
New D/E
D/A =0.165 |
D/E=D/(A-D)=0.165/(1-0.165)=0.1976 |
Levered cost of equity = Unlevered cost of equity+D/E*( Unlevered cost of equity-cost of debt)*(1-tax rate) |
Levered cost of equity = 15.54+0.1976*(15.54-9.6)*(1-0.35) |
Levered cost of equity = 16.3 |
Weight of equity = 1-D/A |
Weight of equity = 1-0.165 |
W(E)=0.835 |
Weight of debt = D/A |
Weight of debt = 0.165 |
W(D)=0.165 |
After tax cost of debt = cost of debt*(1-tax rate) |
After tax cost of debt = 9.6*(1-0.35) |
= 6.24 |
WACC=after tax cost of debt*W(D)+cost of equity*W(E) |
WACC=6.24*0.165+16.3*0.835 |
WACC =14.64% |
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