PNB Industries Has 20 Million Shares of Common Stock Outstanding

question 64

Multiple Choice

PNB Industries has 20 million shares of common stock outstanding with a market price of $18.00 per share. The company also has outstanding preferred stock with a market value of $50 million, and 500,000 bonds outstanding, each with face value $1,000 and selling at 97 percent of par value. The cost of equity is 15 percent, the cost of preferred is 12 percent, and the cost of debt is 8.50 percent. If PNB's tax rate is 40 percent, what is the WACC?

• A)7.05 percent
• B)9.47 percent
• C)11.31 percent
• D)11.83 percent

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Definitions:

No-Par Common Stock

A type of common stock that is issued without a par value, meaning its value is not fixed in the corporate charter.

Stated Value

A nominal value assigned to share capital in the company's books, which is not determined by market value but is chosen by the company itself.

Cash Proceeds

The total amount of cash received from transactions, often from the sale of assets or issuance of stock.

Paid-In Capital

Funds received by a company from selling its equity shares to investors, over and above the par or stated value of the shares.