Paper Exchange Has 10 Million Shares of Common Stock Outstanding

question 19

Multiple Choice

Paper Exchange has 10 million shares of common stock outstanding, 5 million shares of preferred stock outstanding, and 100 thousand bonds. If the common shares are selling for $25 per share, the preferred shares are selling for $10 per share, and the bonds are selling for 98 percent of par, what would be the weight used for preferred stock in the computation of Paper's WACC?

• A) 12.00 percent
• B) 12.56 percent
• C) 5.00 percent
• D) 3.33 percent

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