Answer to Question #188515 in Finance for Sanskriti

Question #188515

Cummins India Ltd has the following capital structure, which it considers optimal:

Debt 25%

Preference Shares 10%

Equity shares 65%

Total 100%

Applicable tax rate for the company is 25%. Risk free rate of return is 6%, average equity market investment has expected rate of return of 12%. The company’s beta is 1.10. Following terms would apply to new securities being issued as follows:

1. New preference can be issued at a face value of Rs. 100 per share, dividend and cost of issuance will be Rs. 10 per share and Rs. 2 per share respectively.

2. Debt will bear an interest rate of 9%


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Expert's answer
2021-05-06T07:52:19-0400

a. Component cost of debt is:

"Rd = 0.09\u00d7(1 - 0.25) = 0.0675."

Cost of preference shares is:

"Rp = (10 + 2)\/100 = 0.12."

Cost of equity is:

"Re = 0.06 + 1.1\u00d7(0.12 - 0.06) = 0.126."

b. "WACC = 0.0675\u00d70.25 + 0.12\u00d70.1 + 0.126\u00d70.65 = 0.1108."


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