Wellington Gas Has a Target Capital Structure of 50% Common

question 66

Multiple Choice

Wellington Gas has a target capital structure of 50% common equity, 40% debt, and 10% preferred stock. The cost of retained earnings is 16%, and the cost of new equity (external) is 16.7%. Wellington can sell debentures that will have an after-tax cost of 8.3% and the after-tax cost of preferred stock will be 11.9%. What is the marginal cost of capital before and after the break point?

• A) 12.51% and 12.86%
• B) 11.18% and 11.53%
• C) 14.23% and 14.68%
• D) 12.51% and 11.53%

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Definitions:

Gross Profit

Gross profit is the financial metric obtained by subtracting the cost of goods sold from sales revenue, representing the core profitability of a company's products or services.

FIFO

An inventory valuation method that assumes that the first items put into inventory are the first ones sold.

Beginning Inventory

The value of a company’s inventory at the start of an accounting period, carried over from the end of the previous period.

Periodic Inventory System

An accounting method where inventory and cost of goods sold are determined at the end of a period through a physical count.