| (4) WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF CAPITAL |
| (4.1) COST OF DEBT |
| Short-Term Debt |
| TJX doesn't have any notes payable per Feb.02, 2019 Balance Sheet. The cost of short-Term Debt is estimated as zero. |
| Long-Term Debt |
| | Cash paid for interest on debt* | | $?6,4,0,0,7?? |
| | Long Term Debt | | $?2,2,3,3,6,1,6?? |
| | Estimated cost of dept | | 2.87% |
| * Based on: 10-K -Supplemental Cash Flows Informa (filing date: 2019-04-03) (source: https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000109198&owner=exclude&count=40&hidefilings=0) |
| The After-Tax Cost of Debt |
| Effective income tax rate was 26.7% per Annual Report 10-K |
| | Tax rate = | | 26.7% |
| | Short-term debt: rstd = | | 0.0% |
| | Long-term debt: rd = | | 2.87% |
| After-tax cost of debt = r (1 – T) |
| | Short-term debt: rstd (1-T) = | 0.00% |
| | Long-term debt: rd (1-T) = | 2.10% |
| (4.2) COST OF PREFERRED STOCK |
| TJX has not issued any preferred stock. The cost for preferred stock is zero. |
| (4.3) COST OF COMMON EQUITY, rs |
| (4.3.1) CAPM Approach |
| | rs = risk-free rate + (Market risk premium) (Beta) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - 0 | $22.73 | 3.1236 |
| | = rRF + (RPM) bi | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - 0 | $26.43 | 3.2743 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - 0 | $31.25 | 3.4420 |
| The Risk-Free Rate | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - 0 | $39.44 | 3.6749 |
| The risk-free rate is estimated by using the yield on a 10-year T-bond: |
| (Source:https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/?symbol=US10Y) (Date of retrieval: 07/13/2019) |
| | Yield on 10-year T-bond = rRF = | 2.21% |
| The Market Risk Premium |
| We used 6% as market risk premium as suggested by the textbook |
| | Assumed market risk premium = RPM = | 6.00% |
| Beta |
| (Source:https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview/TJX) (Date of retrieval: 07/13/2019) |
| | bi = | 0.73 |
| | Cost of common equity, rs = | 6.6% |
| (4.3.2) Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Approach |
| rs = D1 + P0 +g |
| P0 = | $56.69 |
| D1 = | $0.23 | TJX's next dividend is expected to be $0.23 (source: https://www.dividend.com/dividend-stocks/services/department-stores/tjx-tjx-companies/) (data retrieved:07/13/2019) |
| g = | 24.6% | TJX's expected griwth rate for current year is 24.64% (https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/TJX/detailed-estimates) (data retrieved:07/24/2019) |
| | rs = | D1 | ÷ | P0 | + | g |
| | rs = | $0.23 | ÷ | $56.69 | + | 24.6% |
| | Cost of common equity, rs = | 25.0% |
| (4.3.3) Bond-Yield-Plus- Risk-Premium (BYPRM) Approach |
| rs = Bond yield + Bond risk premium |
| Bond yield = cost of debt = 2.1% | | (see 4.1) |
| Estimated bond risk premium = 4% | | (as suggested by the textbook |
| | rs = | Bond yield | + | Bond risk premium |
| | rs = | 2.10% | + | 4.00% |
| | Cost of common equity, rs = | 6.1% |
| (4.3.4) Average Cost of Common Equity |
| | CAPM Approach rs = | 6.6% |
| | DFC Approach rs = | 25.0% |
| | (BYPRM) Approach rs = | 6.1% |
| | Average Cost of common equity, rs = | 12.6% |
| (4.4) The Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) |
| The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is calculated using the firm's market capital structure together with its after-tax cost of long-term debt and cost of common equity. |
| wd = | 3% | rd = | 2.87% |
| wstd = | 0% | rstd = | 0.00% |
| wps = | 0% | rps = | 0.00% |
| ws = | 97% | rs = | 12.58% |
| | | Tax rate = | 26.70% |
| | WACC = | wd rd(1 – T) + wstd(1 – T)rstd + wps rps + ws rs |
| | WACC = | 12.25% |