Titan Mining Corporation has 9.8 million shares of common stock outstanding, 420,000 shares of 5 percent preferred stock outstanding and 220,000 8.6 percent semi annual bonds outstanding, par value $1,000 each. The common stock currently sells for $46 per share and has a beta of 1.40, the preferred stock currently sells for $96 per share, and the bonds have 15 years to maturity and sell for 117 percent of par. The market risk premium is 8.6 percent, T-bills are yielding 4 percent, and the company’s tax rate is 40 percent.
a. What is the firm’s market value capital structure?
b. If the company is evaluating a new investment project that has the same risk as the firm’s typical project, what rate should the firm use to discount the project’s cash flows?