Rockstar Corporation has 2.74 million ordinary shares that currently trade for $67.15, an equity book value of $2.7 million and retained earnings of $37.1 million. lt also has $64.0 million in debt currently trading for 100% of its fair value. A) What weights should it use in computing its WACC? (1 mark) The debt weight for the WACC calculation is???%. (Round to two decimal places.) The equity weight for the WACC calculation is ???%. (Round to two decimal places.) B) Rockstar Corporation has a cost of equity of 15.8% and has an effective cost of debt of 5.4 %. What is this firm's WACC? (Assuming no tax environment) (1.5 marks) Rockstar Corporation's WACC is ???%.(Round to two decimal places.) C) Assume Rockstar Corporation has a cost of equity of 15.8% and has an effective cost of debt of 5.4 %and an effective tax rate is 27.0%. What is this firm's after tax - WACC? (1.5 marks) Rockstar Corporation's after-tax WACC is ???%. (Round to two decimal places.)
Question
Rockstar Corporation has 2.74 million ordinary shares that currently trade for 2.7 million and retained earnings of 64.0 million in debt currently trading for 100% of its fair value. A) What weights should it use in computing its WACC? (1 mark) The debt weight for the WACC calculation is???%. (Round to two decimal places.) The equity weight for the WACC calculation is ???%. (Round to two decimal places.) B) Rockstar Corporation has a cost of equity of 15.8% and has an effective cost of debt of 5.4 %. What is this firm's WACC? (Assuming no tax environment) (1.5 marks) Rockstar Corporation's WACC is ???%.(Round to two decimal places.) C) Assume Rockstar Corporation has a cost of equity of 15.8% and has an effective cost of debt of 5.4 %and an effective tax rate is 27.0%. What is this firm's after tax - WACC? (1.5 marks) Rockstar Corporation's after-tax WACC is ???%. (Round to two decimal places.)
Solution
A) To calculate the weights for the WACC, we first need to calculate the market value of equity and the market value of debt:
Market Value of Equity = Number of Shares * Price per Share = 2.74 million * 183.97 million
Market Value of Debt = $64 million (since it's trading at 100% of its fair value)
Total Value of the Firm = Market Value of Equity + Market Value of Debt = 64 million = $247.97 million
Now, we can calculate the weights:
Debt Weight = Market Value of Debt / Total Value of the Firm = 247.97 million = 0.2582 or 25.82%
Equity Weight = Market Value of Equity / Total Value of the Firm = 247.97 million = 0.7418 or 74.18%
B) The WACC is calculated as the weighted average of the cost of equity and the cost of debt:
WACC = Equity Weight * Cost of Equity + Debt Weight * Cost of Debt = 0.7418 * 15.8% + 0.2582 * 5.4% = 13.02%
Therefore, Rockstar Corporation's WACC is 13.02%.
C) If there is a tax environment, the cost of debt is adjusted for the tax rate:
After-Tax Cost of Debt = Cost of Debt * (1 - Tax Rate) = 5.4% * (1 - 0.27) = 3.942%
Now, we can calculate the after-tax WACC:
After-Tax WACC = Equity Weight * Cost of Equity + Debt Weight * After-Tax Cost of Debt = 0.7418 * 15.8% + 0.2582 * 3.942% = 12.32%
Therefore, Rockstar Corporation's after-tax WACC is 12.32%.
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