Gs inc has been financed using both debt and equity the


GS Inc. has been financed using both debt and equity. The company has outstanding a 20-year, $1,000,000 par value bond that was issued in 2005 and that carries a 10% coupon rate, and tomorrow, a 20-year bond with a par value of $1,000,000 carrying a coupon rate of 8% will be issued. GS has preferred stock outstanding (25,000 shares, market price = $75) with a dividend yield of 5.5%. GS has issued 100,000 shares of common stock, and its most recent market price was $32.50 per share.

Presently, the T-bill rate is 4%, and analysts have estimated that the market will return its historical average, which is 12%. The most recent S&P report on GS Inc. listed a beta of .95. The company’s tax rate is 40%, and the company uses wacc as its discount rate for projects. What is the WACC for GS Inc.?

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