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22 March, 04:09

Hook Industries's capital structure consists solely of debt and common equity. It can issue debt at, and its common stock currently pays a $2.00 dividend per share. The stock's price is currently $24.75, its dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 7% per year, its tax rate is 35%, and its WACC is 13.95%. What percentage of the company's capital structure consists of debt?

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  1. 22 March, 04:27
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    Answer: weight of debt is 20%

    Explanation:

    The question is incomplete we need the cost of debt before tax. lets assume cost of debt (Rd) before tax is 11%

    Weight debt = Wd

    weight of equity = We

    tax = 35%

    dividends = d = $2

    price = P = 24.75

    WACC = (We x Re) + (Wd x Rd) (1 - t)

    cost of equity

    using Gordon growth model

    required rate of return = (D (1+g) / P) + g

    required rate of return = (2 x (1+0.07) / 24.75) + 0.07

    required rate of return (Re) = 15.65%

    calculating weight of debt

    WACC = (We x Re) + (Wd x Rd)

    WACC = (1 - Wd) x Re + (Wd x Rd)

    O. 1395 = (1 - Wd) (0.1565) + (Wd) (0.11) (1-0.35)

    0.1395 = 0.1565 - 0.1565Wd + 0.0715Wd

    0.1395 = 0.1565 - 0.085Wd

    Wd = (0.1565 - 0.1395) / 0.085

    Wd = 0.2 = 0.2 x 100 = 20%

    weight of debt is 20%
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