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

question 68

Multiple Choice

You were hired as a consultant to Quigley Company,whose target capital structure is 40% debt,10% preferred,and 50% common equity.The interest rate on new debt is 6.50%,the yield on the preferred is 6.00%,the cost of retained earnings is 12.25%,and the tax rate is 40%.The firm will not be issuing any new stock.What is Quigley's WACC?

• A)8.29%
• B)8.62%
• C)9.32%
• D)9.69%

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