PAW Industries Has 5 Million Shares of Common Stock Outstanding

question 102

Multiple Choice

PAW Industries has 5 million shares of common stock outstanding with a market price of $8.00 per share and par value of $1 per share. The company also has outstanding preferred stock with a market value of $10 million, and 100,000 bonds outstanding, each with face value $1,000 and selling at 96 percent of par value. The cost of common stock is 19 percent, the cost of preferred stock is 15 percent, and the cost of debt is 9 percent. All costs are given at the before-tax level. If PAW's tax rate is 21 percent, what is the WACC?

• A) 10.91 percent
• B) 10.38 percent
• C) 12.51 percent
• D) 14.33 percent