What is your estimate of vis weighted average cost of


You are an outside analyst attempting to estimate the cost of capital for Venice Indus. You don't know the corporations target capital structure. However, the balance sheet shows a total of $55 mil of long term debt with a coupon rate of 8.5%. The yield to maturity is 10.50%(before tax) and the total current market value is $50 mil. The balance sheets also show the total of common stock and retained earnings is $70 mil. The company's stock has a beta of 1.70 and the stock price is $12.50/share. There are 12 million shares of stock outstanding and the current risk free rate is 3.5%.The company recently paid a dividend of $0.75 and they typically pay out about 25% of their earnings in cash dividends. Venice's return on equity is 10% and the expected return on the market 9.5%. What is your estimate of VI's weighted average cost of capital if their marginal tax rate is 39%? (Show work)

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