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• Preferred shares (and its cost) must also be accounted when computing
WACC!
• Preferred shares have little or no growth at all, unlike common shares.
• The formula for cost of preferred share is relatively similar to Ke, except for
growth.
• Formula = Dividends / Price today
• Based on your reading, how do you treat preferred shares, as part of
equity or debt?
• You are valuing a privately held company. Its target capital structure is
35% Debt, 65% Equity.
• Flotation costs are also considered. It is adjusted via deducting the costs in
the total PAR value.
• Formula: PAR (1-FC)