Collins Group
the Collins Group, a Leading Producer of Custom

question 58

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Collins Group
The Collins Group, a leading producer of custom automobile accessories, has hired you to estimate the firm's weighted average cost of capital.The balance sheet and some other information are provided below.
$\begin{array}{lr}\text { Assets } \\\text { Current assets } & \$ 38,000,000 \\\text { Net plant, property, and equipment } & 101,000,000 \\\text { Total assets } & \$ 139,000,000\\\\\text { Liabilities and Equity }\\\text { Accounts payable } & \$ 10,000,000 \\\text { Accruals } & 9,000,000 \\\text { Current liabilities } & \$ 19,000,000 \\\text { Long-term debt ( } 40,000 \text { bonds, } \$ 1,000 \text { par value) } & 40,000,000 \\\text { Total liabilities } & \$ 59,000,000 \\\text { Common stock (10,000,000 shares) } & 30,000,000 \\\text { Retained earnings } & 50,000,000 \\\text { Total shareholders' equity } & \$ 0,000,000 \\\text { Total liabilities and shareholders' equity } & \$ 139,000,000\end{array}$
The stock is currently selling for $15.25 per share, and its noncallable $1,000 par value, 20-year, 7.25% bonds with semiannual payments are selling for $875.00.The beta is 1.25, the yield on a 6-month Treasury bill is 3.50%, and the yield on a 20-year Treasury bond is 5.50%.The required return on the stock market is 11.50%, but the market has had an average annual return of 14.50% during the past 5 years.The firm's tax rate is 25%.
-The higher the firm's flotation cost for new common equity, the more likely the firm is to use preferred stock, which has no flotation cost, and reinvested earnings, whose cost is the average return on the assets that are acquired.

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