Purchase Solution

Weighted Average Cost Of Capital Questions

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Question 1:

The return on the stock market as a whole is currently 9.3%. Short dated Treasury bills are currently yielding 4.12%. The Beta factor applied to returns from companies involved in the sector in which the company is considering investment projects is 1.28.

Applying the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) determine the rate of return that would be required for an investment project to be acceptable.

Question 2: Optimum PLS is a quoted company. It has 3 classes of quoted security:

a) £1,200,000 nominal value of ordinary shares at 25 pence per share. The market value of the shares is 139 pence. A dividend of 4 pence per share has just been paid. Dividends are expected to grow by 7% per annum for the foreseeable future.

b) £1,680,000 12% preference shares of £1, with a market value of 98 pence per share.

c) £2,800,000 of irredeemable debentures with a market value of £92 per £100 of debentures. The debentures have an interest rate of 8% of the nominal value.

Calculate the weighted average cost of capital (wacc) given the above capital structure.

Purchase this Solution

Solution Summary

This Solution contains calculations to aid you in understanding the Solution to these questions.

Solution Preview

See the attached file. Thanks

The return on the stock market as a whole is currently 9.3%. Short dated Treasury bills are currently yielding 4.12%. The Beta factor applied to returns from companies involved in the sector in which the company is considering investment projects is 1.28.

Applying the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) determine the rate of return that would be required for an investment project to be acceptable.
Ri=Rf+B*(Rm-Rf)
Rf=Risk free ...

Purchase this Solution


Free BrainMass Quizzes
Lean your Process

This quiz will help you understand the basic concepts of Lean.

Business Processes

This quiz is intended to help business students better understand business processes, including those related to manufacturing and marketing. The questions focus on terms used to describe business processes and marketing activities.

MS Word 2010-Tricky Features

These questions are based on features of the previous word versions that were easy to figure out, but now seem more hidden to me.

Business Ethics Awareness Strategy

This quiz is designed to assess your current ability for determining the characteristics of ethical behavior. It is essential that leaders, managers, and employees are able to distinguish between positive and negative ethical behavior. The quicker you assess a person's ethical tendency, the awareness empowers you to develop a strategy on how to interact with them.

Academic Reading and Writing: Critical Thinking

Importance of Critical Thinking