The capital structure of Wild West Inc. is as follows:

1. Debts: $5,000,000 (face value) bonds with coupon rate at 8.00% and current price at par
2. Preferred shares: $2,000,000 (face value) paying 5% dividends which is trading at 95 percent
3. Common shares: Current stock price at $5 per share with 1,000,000 shares issued and outstanding.  The risk-free rate is 5%, the market risk premium is 6%, and the beta of Wild West Inc. is 1.15
4. Marginal tax rate is 40%

 Show your calculation

a.  Calculate the WACC for Wild West Inc.

b.  Should Wild West Inc. accept an IRR of 7% new project which is of similar risk as all the existing projects of the Big Plan?  Why and why not?

c.  Should Wild West Inc. accept an IRR of 12% new project which is considered 30% higher in risk as compared with all the existing projects of the Big Plan?  Why and why not?

 

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