Question

1. Sorensen Systems Inc. is expected to pay a $2.00 dividend at year end (D1 = $2.00), the dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5.0% a year, and the common stock currently sells for $50.00 a share. The before-tax cost of debt is 7.00%, and the tax rate is 45%. The target capital structure consists of 40% debt and 60% common equity. What is the company’s WACC if all the equity used is from retained earnings? (Answer: %)

Answer 1

6.94%

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the company WACC is shown below:

= Weightage of debt × cost of debt × (1 - tax rate) + (Weightage of common stock) × (cost of common stock)

where,

Cost of common stock is

= Dividend ÷ Stock price + Growth rate

= $2 ÷ 50 + 5.0%

= 4% + 5%

= 9%

So, the company WACC is

= (0.40 × 7%) × ( 1 - 45%) + (0.60 × 9%)

= 1.54% + 5.4%

= 6.94%

Hence, the company WACC is 6.94%