9. Growth company's current share price is $20 and is expected to pay a $1 dicidend per share next year. After that, the firm's dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 4% per year.
Growth company has existing debt issued three years ago with a coupon rate of 6%. The firm just issued new debt at a par with a coupon rate of 6.5%.
a. What is Growth Company's pre-tax cost of debt?
b. Growth Company also has preferred stock outstanding that pays $2 per share fixed dividend. If the stock is currently price at $28, what is Growth Company's cost of preffered stock?
c. Growth Company has existing debt issued three years ago with a coupon rate of 6%. The firm just issued new debt at par with a coupon rate of 6.5%. What is Growth Company's pretax cost of debt?
d. Growth Company has 5 million common shares outstanding and 1 million preferred shares outstanding, at its total book value is $50 million. Its liabilitities have a market value of $20 million. If Growth Company's common and preferred shares priced as in parts a and b, what is the market value of Growth Company's assets?
e. Growth Company faces a 35% tax rate. Given the information in parts a through d, and your answers to those problems, what is Growth Company's WACC?