Finance

Gillian’s Boutique has 850,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a

Gillian’s Boutique has 850,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a market price of $16 a share. The company also has 15,000 bonds outstanding that are quoted at 98 percent of face value. What weight should be given to the common stock when Gillian’s computes their weighted average cost of capital? Round answer to nearest […]

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Date: September 19th, 2020

Jack’s Construction Co. has 80,000 bonds outstanding that are selling

Jack’s Construction Co. has 80,000 bonds outstanding that are selling at par value. Bonds with similar characteristics are yielding 8.5 percent. The company also has 4 million shares of common stock outstanding. The stock has a beta of 1.1 and sells for $40 a share. The U.S. Treasury bill is yielding 4 percent and the […]

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Date: September 19th, 2020