Cully Company needs to raise $23 million to start a new project and will raise the money by selling new bonds. The company will generate no internal equity for the foreseeable future. The company has a target capital structure of 65 percent common stock. 9 percent preferred stock, and 26 percent debt. Flotation costs for issuing new common stock are 13 percent, for new preferred stock. 6 percent, and for new debt. 3 percent. What is the true initial cost figure Southern should use when evaluating its project? Multiple Choice $21,313,333 $25.247:00 $26,510,030 $24.470.796 $25.490.413

The WACC is used as the discount rate to evaluate various capital budgeting projects. However, it is important to realize that the WACC is an appropriate discount rate only for a project of average risk. Analyze the cost of capital situations of the following company cases, and answer the specific questions that finance professionals need to address. Consider the case of Turnbull Co. Turnbull Co. has a target capital structure of 45% debt, 4% preferred stock, and 51% common equity. It has a before-tax cost of debt of 8.2%, and its cost of preferred stock is 9.3%. If Turnbull can raise all of its equity capital from retained earnings, its cost of common equity will be 12.4%. However, if it is necessary to raise new common equity, it will carry a cost of 14.2%. If its current tax rate is 25%, how much higher will Turnbull's weighted average cost of capital (WACC) be if it has to raise additional common equity capital by issuing new common stock instead of raising the funds through…

NCC Corporation is considering building a new facility in Texas. To raise money for the capital projects, the corporation plans the following capital structure: 40% of money will come from issuing bonds, and 60% will come from Retained Earnings or new common stock. The corporation does not currently have preferred stock. NCC Corporation will issue bonds with an interest rate of 9%, up to $30 million dollars in bonds. After issuing $30 million in bonds, the interest cost will rise to 12.5%. The next dividend on common stock is expected to be $2.00 per share. The stock price is $16.00 per share, and is expected to grow at 3% per year. The flotation cost for issuing new common stock is estimated at 12%. NCC Corporation has $66 million in retained earnings that can be used. The tax rate for NCC Corporation is 35%. There are two breakpoints in NCC's capital structure. At what point does the first breakpoint occur?     $75 million     $100 million     $110 million     $125…

RETURN ON EQUITY Central City Construction (CCC) needs $1 million of assets to get started, and it expects to have a basic earning power ratio of 20%. CCC will own no securities, so all of its income will be operating income. If it so chooses, CCC can finance up to 50% of its assets with debt, which will have an 8% interest rate. If it chooses to use debt, the firm will finance using only debt and common equity, so no preferred stock willbe used. Assuming a 40% tax rate on all taxable income, what is the difference between CCC’s expected ROE if it finances these assets with 50% debt versus its expected ROE if it finances these assets entirely with common stock?

Cully Company needs to raise $22 million to start a new project and will raise the money by selling new bonds. The company will generate no internal equity for the foreseeable future. The company has a target capital structure of 70 percent common stock, 10 percent preferred stock, and 20 percent debt. Flotation costs for issuing new common stock are 9 percent, for new preferred stock, 8 percent, and for new debt, 3 percent. What is the true initial cost figure Southern should use when evaluating its project? Multiple Choice $23,694,000 $22,881,907 $20,533,333

Dillon Labs has asked its financial manager to measure the cost of each specific type of capital as well as the weighted average cost of capital. The weighted average cost is to be measured by using the following​ weights: 35​% ​long-term debt, 20​% preferred​ stock, and 45​% common stock equity​ (retained earnings, new common​ stock, or​ both). The​ firm's tax rate is 21​%. Debt The firm can sell for ​$1030 a 13​-year, ​$1,000​-par-value bond paying annual interest at a 7.00​% coupon rate. A flotation cost of 2​% of the par value is required. Preferred stock 8.5​% ​(annual dividend) preferred stock having a par value of ​$100 can be sold for ​$90. An additional fee of ​$4 per share must be paid to the underwriters. Common stock The​ firm's common stock is currently selling for ​$60 per share. The stock has paid a dividend that has gradually increased for many​ years, rising from ​$2.75 ten years ago to the ​$5.41 dividend​ payment, D0​, that the company just recently made. If the…

Cully Company needs to raise $23 million to start a new project and will raise the money by selling new bonds. The company will generate no internal equity for the foreseeable future. The company has a target capital structure of 55 percent common stock, 10 percent preferred stock, and 35 percent debt. Flotation costs for issuing new common stock are 8 percent, for new preferred stock, 6 percent, and for new debt, 4 percent. What is the true initial cost figure Southern should use when evaluating its project?   $23,589,744 $24,472,000 $24,572,650 $21,620,000 $25,555,556