A noncallable bonds were issued several years ago, and have a 20 year maturity. These bonds have a 9.25% annual coupon paid semiannually, sells at $1,075 and has a par value of $1,000. If the firms tax rate is 40%, what is the company cost of debt for WACC calculation? (5.33%, 5.08%, 4.58%, 4.35%, and 4.87%)

A noncallable bonds were issued several years ago, and have a 20 year maturity. These bonds have a 9.25% annual coupon paid semiannually, sells at $1,075 and has a par value of $1,000. If the firms tax rate is 40%, what is the company cost of debt for WACC calculation? (5.33%, 5.08%, 4.58%, 4.35%, and 4.87%)

Corporate Fin Focused Approach

5th Edition

ISBN:9781285660516

Author:EHRHARDT

Publisher:EHRHARDT

Chapter9: The Cost Of Capital

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 16P

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

Home Depot has debt outstanding with a face value of $30 billion. The coupon rate on these bonds is 6.2%. The current yield-to-maturity (YTM) on these bonds is 7.8%. Home Depot's tax rate is 26%. What is the effective cost of debt of Home Depot? OA. 9.83% OB. 6.20% OC. 4.59% OD. 5.77% OE. 7.80%
JP Smith, Inc has an outstanding bond issue, which has eight years remaining to maturity and a coupon rate of 4.250%. Interest payments are made semi-annually, the firm's tax rate is .35, and the bonds are currently trading at $1,018.00. a. What is the yield to maturity on the bonds? b. Ignoring flotation costs, what is the firm's cost of debt (before tax)? C. What is its after-tax cost of debt?
The following is the information on debt issued by Huntington Power Co. Calculate the after-tax cost of debt for the firm. Debt: 4 percent coupon paid semiannually, $1,000 par value, 15 years to maturity, current market price of the bond is $889.0. Tax rate is 20%.
A company has outstanding long-term bonds with a face value of$1,000, a 10% coupon rate, 25 years remaining until maturity, anda current market value of $1,214.82. If it pays interest semiannually,then what is the nominal annual pre-tax required rate of return ondebt? (8%) If the company’s tax rate is 40%, what is the after-taxcost of debt? (4.8%)
Beckham Corporation has semiannual bonds outstanding with 15 years to maturity and the bonds are currently priced at $846.16. If the bonds have a coupon rate of 8.5 percent, then what is the after-tax cost of debt for Beckham if its marginal tax rate is 35%? 5.283% 6.868% 10.401% 7.655%
A company has outstanding 20-year noncallable bonds with a face value of $1,000,an 11% annual coupon, and a market price of $1,294.54. If the company was to issuenew debt, what would be a reasonable estimate of the interest rate on that debt? Ifthe company’s tax rate is 40%, what is its after-tax cost of debt?
You are analyzing the cost of debt for a firm. You know that the firm’s 14-year maturity, 8.6 percent coupon bonds are selling at a price of $984.08. The bonds pay interest semiannually. If these bonds are the only debt outstanding for the firm, answer the following questions. What is the current YTM of the bonds? (Round final answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25%.) Current YTM for the bonds enter the current YTM of the bonds in percentages rounded to 2 decimal places %
Years ago, Bustle Company sold a $1,000 par value bond that now has 25 years to maturity and an 8.00% annual coupon that is paid quarterly. The bond currently sells for $1,005, and the company's tax rate is 40%. What is the component cost of debt for use in the WACC calculation? MUST SHOW WORK O 5.04% O 5.02% 5.59% 6.29%
Waller, Inc., is trying to determine its cost of debt. The firm has a debt issue outstanding with 8 years to maturity twith a current price of $1042. The issue makes semiannual payments and has coupon rate of 8 percent. If the tax rate is 0.38, what is the pretax cost of debt? Enter the answer with 4 decimals (e.g. 0.0123)
Sabine Co has outstanding bonds with 10 years remaining until maturity, a coupon rate of 7%, semi-annual coupon payments, and a market price of 96.5% of par value. If the tax rate is 16%, what is the firm's after-tax cost of debt? Enter your answer as an annualized rate in decimal format, and show four decimal places. For example, if your answer is 5.1%, enter .0510.
You are analyzing the cost of debt for a firm. You know that the firm’s 14-year maturity, 6.60 percent coupon bonds are selling at a price of $825.00. The bonds pay interest semiannually. If these bonds are the only debt outstanding, answer the following questions: What is the current YTM of the bonds?
Beckham Corporation has semiannual bonds outstanding with nine years to maturity that are currently priced at $894.08. If the bonds have a coupon rate of 5 percent, then what is the after- tax cost of debt for Beckham if its marginal tax rate is 27 percent? Complete the calculation as is done on Wall Street. 4.8% 2.4% 3.14% 6.5% Onone of these