hard · Principles of Finance cost-of-capital-structure

A firm has $100 million of 6% preferred stock (market value) in its $1,000 million total capital structure. The WACC without preferred stock was 10%.

If the cost of equity is 12% (60% weight) and after-tax debt is 5% (30% weight), what is the adjusted WACC?

  1. 9.30%
  2. 10.00%
  3. 8.70%
  4. 9.15%

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