The company’s capital structure is as follows: Debt Weight 25%, Preferred Stock Weight 25%, Common equity Weight 50%. The cost of debt is 12%, the cost of preferred stock is 15% and the cost of common equity is 0.244. Calculate the company’s weighted average cost of capital.

The company’s capital structure is as follows: Debt Weight 25%, Preferred Stock Weight 25%, Common equity Weight 50%. The cost of debt is 12%, the cost of preferred stock is 15% and the cost of common equity is 0.244. Calculate the company’s weighted average cost of capital.

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Definition Definition Type of stock which is granted priority over dividend distributions as compared to common stockholders. Preferred stocks also do not carry any voting rights. Notably, in a case where a company is going to be liquidated, preferred stockholders have a priority claim on the value of assets of the company as quoted in the balance sheet, as compared to the common stockholders.

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