You Were Hired as a Consultant to Giambono Company,whose Target

question 15

Multiple Choice

You were hired as a consultant to Giambono Company,whose target capital structure is 40% debt,15% preferred,and 45% common equity.The after-tax cost of debt is 6.00%,the cost of preferred is 7.50%,and the cost of retained earnings is 12.75%.The firm will not be issuing any new stock.What is its WACC?

• A)8.98%
• B)9.26%
• C)9.54%
• D)9.83%
• E)10.12%

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