please someone help me find the pre-tax cost of debt as well as the WACC???...

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WACC for a firm: The Imaginary Products Co. currently has $225 million of market value debt outstanding. The 9 percent coupon bonds (semiannual pay) have a maturity of 15 years and are currently priced at $1,194.33 per bond. The firm also has an issue of 2 million preferred shares outstanding with a market price of $28. The preferred shares offer an annual dividend of $1.20. Imaginary also has 14 million shares of common stock outstanding with a price of $20.00 per share. The firm is expected to pay a $2.20 common dividend one year from today, and that dividend is expected to increase by 5 percent per year forever. If Imaginary is subject to a 40 percent marginal tax rate, then what is the firm’s weighted average cost of capital? _________%.




(Omit the percent sign in your answer. Carry out all calculations to four decimal places and round your final answer to two decimal places, for example 7.80%.)

1. Pre-tax cost of debt = %.










(Omit the percent sign in your answer. Carry out all calculations to four decimal places and round your final answer to two decimal places, for example 7.80%.)

2. Cost of common equity = %.








(Omit the percent sign in your answer. Carry out all calculations to four decimal places and round your final answer to two decimal places, for example 7.80%.)

3. Cost of preferred equity = %.








(Omit the percent sign in your answer. Carry out all calculations to four decimal places and round your final answer to two decimal places, for example 7.80%.)

4. Weights for

a) Debt = %

b) Preferred equity = %

c) Common equity = %








(Omit the percent sign in your answer. Carry out all calculations to four decimal places and round your final answer to two decimal places, for example 7.80%.)

5. WACC = %
 
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