CDE Inc.'s current (and optimal) capital structure is 40% debt, 10% preferred stock, and 50% common equity. CDE is in the 40% tax bracket. The company can issue up to $20,000,000 in new bonds at par with a 7% coupon rate; any subsequent amount must carry a 2% premium to compensate investors for added risk. A new issue of preferred stock would pay an annual dividend of $4.00 and be priced to net the company $50.00 per share after the $3.00 per share floatation cost. The firm has $21,000,000 in change in retained earnings for the current period. CDE's common stock trades at $40.00 per share and the expected dividend on the common stock at t1 is 2.00. Floatation costs on a new common stock issue is $5.00 per share. The company is growing at 7% per year. What is the debt break point in the marginal cost of capital (MCC) schedule?

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Answer:

Coupon (R) = 7% x $1,000 = $70

T = 40% = 0.4

Po = $1,000

Kd =  R(1 - T)

             Po

Kd = 70(1 - 0.4)

              1,000

Kd = 70(0.6)/$1,000

Kd = 0.042 = 4.2%

Explanation:

Debt break-even point refers to cost of debt. Since this debt is irredeemable, then we will apply the formula for calculating cost of irredeemable debt. Cost of irredeemable debt is the ratio of after-tax coupon to current market price of the debt.