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Chapter

Cost of Capital

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Chapter Outline
Cost of capital and its importance Discount rates used to analyze investments Valuation and application to bonds, preferred stock, and common stock Minimum cost of capital Increase in cost of capital with increase in utilization of finances

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Cost of Capital
In corporate finance, an investment made is for an anticipated return in future
Knowing the appropriate discount rate is vital

Return on investments must, in the least, garner a return equaling the costs incurred to acquire it the minimum acceptable return

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The Overall Concept

An investment:
Should not be judged against the specific means of financing used to implement it
This would make investment selection decisions inconsistent

With a low-cost debt, must be chosen carefully

May result in increase of the overall risk May make all eventual forms of financing more expensive

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Cost of Capital Baker Corporation

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Cost of Debt
Measured by interest rate, or yield, paid to bondholders
Example: $1,000 bond paying $100 annual interest 10% yield Calculation is complex discount rate or premium from par value bonds

To determine the cost of a new debt in the marketplace:

The firm will compute the yield on its currently outstanding debt
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Approximate Yield to Maturity (Y')

Annual interest payment + Principal payment Price of the bond Number of years to maturity 0.6 (Price of the bond) + 0.4 (Principal payment) Assuming: Y' = $101. 50 + $1,000 - $940

20 .6 ($940) + .4 ($1,000)
= $101.50 + 60 20 $564 + $400 Y = $101.50 + 3 = $104.50 = 10.84% $964 $964
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Adjusting Yield for Tax Considerations

Yield to maturity indicates how much the firm has to pay on a before-tax basis Interest payment on a debt is a taxdeductible expense
Due to this, the true cost is less than the stated cost

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Adjusting Yield for Tax Considerations (contd)

The after-tax cost of debt is calculated as shown below:

Assuming:

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Cost of Preferred Stock

A constant annual payment with no maturity date for the principal payment
Computed by dividing dividend payment by net price or proceeds received
Represents the rate of return to preferred stockholders and annual cost to corporation for issue

Preferred stock dividend is not a tax-deductible expense, with no downward tax adjustment

The proceeds to the firm equals selling price in the market minus flotation cost
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Cost of Preferred Stock (contd)

The cost of preferred stock is as follows: Where, = Cost of preferred stock; = Annual dividend on preferred stock; = Price of preferred stock; F = Floatation, or selling cost Assuming annual dividend as $10.50, preferred stock is $100, and flotation, or selling cost is $4. Effective cost is: = $10.50 = $10.50 = 10.94% $100 - $4 $96
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Cost of Common Equity Valuation Approach

In determining the cost of common stock, the firm must be sensitive to pricing and performance demands of current and future stockholders Dividend valuation model: Where, = Price of the stock today; = Dividend at the end of the year (or period); = Required rate of return; g = Constant growth rate in dividends Assuming = $2; = $40 and g = 7%, equals 12 percent = $2 + 7% = 5% + 7% = 12% $40
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Alternate Calculation of the Required Return on Common Stock

Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) Where: = Required return on common stock; = Risk-free rate of return, usually the current rate on Treasury bill securities; = Beta coefficient (measures the historical volatility of an individual stocks return relative to a stock market index; = return in the market as measured by an approximate index Assuming = 5.5%, = 12%, = 1.0, would be: = 5.5% + 1.0 (12% - 5.5%) = 5.5% + 1.0 (6.5%) = 5.5% + 6.5% = 12%
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Cost of Retained Earnings

Sources of capital for common stock equity:
Purchaser of the new shares external source Retained earnings internal source
Represent the present and past earnings of the firm minus previously distributed dividends Belong to the current stockholders may be paid in the form of dividends or reinvested in the firm Reinvestments represent a source of equity capital supplied by the current stockholders An opportunity cost is involved
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Cost of Retained Earnings (contd)

The cost of retained earnings is equivalent to the rate of return on the firms common cost representing the opportunity cost represents both the required rate of return on common stock, and the cost of equity in the form of retained earnings

For ease of reference, = Cost of common equity in the form of retained earnings = Dividend at the end of the first year, $2 = Price of stock today, $40 g = Constant growth rate in dividends, 7% = $2 + 7% = 5% + 7% = 12% $40
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Cost of New Common Stock

A slightly higher return than , representing the required rate of return of present stockholders, is expected
Needed to cover the distribution costs of the new securities
Common stock

New common stock

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Cost of New Common Stock (contd)

Assuming = $2, $4 and g = 7%; = = $40, F (Flotation or selling costs) =

$2 + 7% $40 - $4 = $2 + 7% $36 = 5.6% + 7% = 12.6%

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Overview of Common Stock Costs

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Optimal Capital Structure Weighting Costs

The desire to achieve a minimum overall capital cost of capital
Calculated decisions are required on the appropriate weights for:
Debt Preferred stock Common stock financing

Capital mix is determined by:

Considering the present capital structure Ascertaining if the current position is optimal
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Optimal Capital Structure Weighting Costs (contd)

Assessment of different plans (next slide):

Firm is able to initially reduce weighted average cost of capital with debt financing Beyond Plan B, continued use of debt becomes unattractive and greatly increases costs of sources of financing
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Optimal Capital Structure Weighting Costs (contd)

Cost (After-tax) Financial Plan A: Debt Equity. Financial Plan B: Debt Equity. 6.5% 12.0 Weights 20% 80 Weighted Cost 1.3% 9.6 10.9% 2.8% 7.5 10.3% 5.4% 6.0 11.4%
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7.0% 12.5

40% 60

Financial Plan C: Debt Equity.

9.0% 15.0

60% 40

Cost of Capital Curve

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Debt as a Percentage of Total Assets (2006)

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Capital Acquisition and Investment Decision Making

Financial capital consists of bonds, preferred stock, and common equity
Money raised by sales of these securities and retained earnings is invested in:
The real capital of the firm, the long-term productive assets of plant and equipment

To minimize cost of equity, a firm may sell common stock when prices are relatively high A balance between debt and equity is required to achieve minimum cost of capital
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Cost of Capital Over Time

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Cost of Capital in the Capital Budgeting Decision

Current cost of capital for each source of funds is important for capital budgeting decision
The required rate of return will be the weighted average cost of capital The common stock value of the firm will be maintained or increase, as long as the firm earns its cost of capital

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Investment Projects Available to the Baker Corporation

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Cost of Capital and Investment Projects for the Baker Corporation

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The Marginal Cost of Capital

The market may demand a higher cost of capital for each amount of fund required if a large amount of financing is required
Equity (ownership) capital is represented by retained earnings
Retained earnings cannot grow indefinitely as the firms capital needs to expand Retained earnings is limited to the amount of past and present earnings that can be redeployed into investments
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The Marginal Cost of Capital (contd)

Assumptions: 60% is the amount of equity capital a firm must maintain to keep a balance between fixed income securities and ownership interest Baker Corporation has $23.40 million of retained earning available for investment There is adequate retained earning to support the capital structure as shown below: Assuming: X = Retained earnings ; Percent of retained earnings in the capital structure

Where X represents the size of the capital structure that retained earnings will support X = $23.40 million = $39 million .60

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Costs of Capital for Different Amounts of Financing

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Increasing Marginal Cost of Capital

Both and represent the cost of capital
The mc subscript after K indicates the increase in cost of capital

Increase is because common equity is now in the form of new common stock rather than retained earnings The aftertax cost of the new common stock is more expensive than retained earnings because of flotation costs
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Increasing Marginal Cost of Capital (contd)

Equation for the cost of new common stock: = $2 + 7% = $2 + 7% = 5.6% + 7% = 12.6% $40 - $4 $36

The $50 million figure can be derived thus: Z = Amount of lower-cost debt ; Percent of debt in the capital structure

Z = $15 million = $50 million .30 Where Z represents the size of the capital structure in which lower-cost debt can be used
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Cost of Capital for Increasing Amounts of Financing

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Changes in the Marginal Costs of Capital

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Marginal Cost of Capital and Baker Corporation Projects

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Cost of Components in the Capital Structure

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Performance of PAI and the Market

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Linear Regression of Returns Between PAI and the Market

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The Security Market Line (SML)

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The Security Market Line and Changing Interest Rates

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The Security Market Line and Changing Investor Expectations

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