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Chapter 9
The Cost of Capital
Cost $100,000
Life 20 years
Expected Return 12%
The analyst assigned to this project knows that the firm has
common stock outstanding and that investors who hold the
company’s stock expect a 14% return on their investment.
The analyst decides that the firm should not undertake this
investment because it produces only a 12% return while the
company’s shareholders expect a 14% return.
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Example 9.1 (3 of 3)
In this example, each analyst is making a mistake by
focusing on one source of financing rather than on the
overall financing mix. What if instead the analysts used a
combined cost of financing? By weighting the cost of each
source of financing by its relative proportion in the firm’s
capital structure, the firm can obtain a weighted average cost
of capital (WACC). Assuming this firm desires a 50–50 mix of
debt and equity, the WACC is 10% [(0.50 × 6% debt) + (0.50
× 14% equity)]. With this average cost of financing, the firm
should reject the first opportunity (7% expected return < 10%
WACC) and accept the second (12% expected return > 10%
WACC).
Dp
rp (9.3)
Np
where:
– Dp = Annual dollar dividend
– Np = Net proceeds from the sale of the stock
D1
P0 (9.4)
rs g
where:
– P0 = Current value of common stock
– D1 = Dividend expected in 1 year
– rs = Required return on common stock
– g = Constant rate of growth in dividends
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9.4 Cost of Common Stock (3 of 9)
• Finding the Cost of Common Stock Equity
– Cost of Common Stock Equity
Constant-Growth Valuation (Gordon Growth) Model
– Solving for rs results in the following expression for the
required return on common stock:
D1
rs g (9.5)
P0
$3.99
rs 0.05 0.0798 0.05 0.1298 12.98%
$50
rj RF j rm RF (9.6)
D1
rn g (9.7)
Nn
$3.99
rn 0.05 0.0858 0.05 0.1358 13.58%
$46.50
r r = rs (9.8)
– where
wd = proportion of long-term debt in capital structure
wp = proportion of preferred stock in capital structure
ws = proportion of common stock equity in capital structure
wd + wp + ws = 1.0
rd (1 – T ) = 4.880% = 4.88%
rp = 8.258% = 8.26%
rs = 13.00%
Duchess has total capital with a market value of $1 billion. The
market value of the firm’s outstanding long-term debt is $400 million,
the value of its preferred stock is $100 million, and the market value
of its common stock is $500 million. Thus, the weights for the
weighted average cost of capital (WACC) calculation are as follows:
Preferred stock 10
Total 100%