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The Basket Weavers Company has 100,000 bonds outstanding that are selling at par

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Question

The Basket Weavers Company has 100,000 bonds outstanding that are selling at par value. Bonds with similar characteristics are yielding 7.5 percent. The company also has 1 million shares of 10.5 percent preferred stock outstanding and 5 million shares of common stock outstanding. The preferred stock sells for $56 per share. The common stock has a beta of 1.2 and sells for $38 a share. The U.S. Treasury bill is yielding 3 percent and the return on the market is 12 percent. The corporate tax rate is 34 percent. What is Basket Weaver

Explanation / Answer

ans . 12.04%