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Consider the following information for Watson Power Company:
  
Debt: 2,500 6 percent coupon bonds outstanding, $1,000 par value, 17 years to maturity, selling for 103 percent of par; the bonds make semiannual payments.
Common stock: 50,000 shares outstanding, selling for $64 per share; the beta is 1.1.
Preferred stock: 7,500 shares of 5.5 percent preferred stock outstanding, currently selling for $106 per share.
Market: 8 percent market risk premium and 5 percent risk-free rate.
  
Assume the company's tax rate is 34 percent.
     
Find the WACC.
 

 

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    8.83%
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    8.93%
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    9.23%
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    9.59%
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    8.73%
 
 
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