Bell Media Has Common Stock Trading at a Price of $74,and

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Bell Media has common stock trading at a price of $74,and a market capitalization of $23 billion.The firm also has preferred stock worth a total of $6 billion,currently trading at $54 per share and paying a dividend of $4.50 per share.The firm's beta is 1.2,the risk-free rate is 2.4%,and the market risk premium is 6%.The firm has $28 billion of debt with a yield to maturity of 4%.If the firm's tax rate is 30%,what is Bell's WACC?

• A)6.41%
• B)7.19%
• C)6.61%
• D)7.31%
• E)7.71%

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