HBM, Inc. has the following
capital structure:
Assets $400,000 Debt $140,000
Preferred
stock 20,000
Common
stock 240,000
The common stock is currently
selling for $15 a share, pays a cash dividend of $0.75 per share, and is
growing annually at 6 percent. The
preferred stock pays a $9 cash dividend and currently sells for $91 a
share. The debt pays interest of 8.5
percent annually, and the firm is in the 30 percent marginal tax bracket.
What is the after-tax cost of
debt?
What is the cost of preferred
stock?
What is the cost of common stock?
What is the firm’s
weighted-average cost of capital?
TUTORIAL PREVIEW
a. After-tax cost of
debt Kd = 8.5% x (1 - tax rate)
=
8.5 x (1 - .30) = 5.95%
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