ASSIGNMENT COST OF CAPITAL - Chapter 14 - Resti Aulia - 1182003031
ASSIGNMENT COST OF CAPITAL - Chapter 14 - Resti Aulia - 1182003031
ASSIGNMENT COST OF CAPITAL - Chapter 14 - Resti Aulia - 1182003031
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Assignment Corporate Finance
Solution :
1. It is the minimum rate of return the firm must earn overall on its existing assets. If it earns
more than this, value is created.
2. Book values for debt are likely to be much closer to market values than are equity book
values.
3. No. The cost of capital depends on the risk of the project, not the source of the money.
4. Interest expence is tax-deductible. There is no difference between pretax and aftertax equity
costs.
Solution :
1. With the information given, we can find the cost of equity using the dividend growth model.
Using this model, the cost of equity is :
RE = [$2.40(1.055)/$52] + .055 = .1037 or 10.37%
2. Here we have information to calculate the cost of equity using the CAPM. The cost of equity
is :
RE = .053 + 1.05(.12 – .053) = .1234 or 12.34%
3. Here we have information available to calculate the cost of equity using the CAPM and the
dividend growth model. Using the CAPM, we find :
RE = .05 + 0.85(.08) = .1180 or 11.80%
Both estimates of the cost of equity seem reasonable. If we remember the historical return
on large capitalization stocks, the estimate from the CAPM model is about two percent
higher than average, and the estimate from the dividend growth model is about one percent
higher than the historical average, so we cannot definitively say one of the estimates is
incorrect. Given this, we will use the average of the two, so :
RE = (.1180 + .1058) / 2 = .1119 or 11.19%
4. The use the dividend growth model, we first need to find the growth rate in dividends. So,
the increase in dividends each year was :
G1 = ($1.12 – 1.05) / $1.05 = .0667 or 6.67%
G2 = ($1.19 – 1.12 ) / $1.12 = .0625 or 6.25%
G3 = ($1.30 – 1.19) / $1.19 = .0924 or 9.24%
G4 = ($1.43 – 1.30) / $1.30 = .1000 or 10.00%
So, the average arithmetic growth rate in dividends was :
g = (.0667 + .0625 + .0924 + .1000) / 4 = .0804 or 8.04%
Using the growth rate in the dividend growth model, we find the cost equity is :
RE = [$1.43(1.0804)/$45.00] + .0804 = .1147 or 11.47%
5. The cost of preferred stock is the dividend payment divided by the price, so :
RP = D1/P0
RP = 6/96
RP = .0625 or 6.25%
6. P0 = 1.070 , 35 PMT , 1000 FV , 30N
Solve for i/y, 3,137%
YTM = 2 x 3.3137% = 6,27%
And aftertax cost of debt is :
RD = .0627 (1 – .35) = .0408 or 4.08%
8.
9. a) Using the equation to calculate the WACC :
WACC = (.60 x .14) + (.05 x .06) + (.35 x .08) (1 - .35) = .1052 or 10.52 %
b) Since the interest is tax deductible and dividends are not, we must look at the after tax
cost of debt , wich is :
.08 (1 - .35) = .0520 or 5.20%
Hence, on an after tax basis, debt is cheaper than the preferred stock