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Claus Enterprises Has 174,000 Shares of Common Stock Outstanding at a Current

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Claus Enterprises has 174,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a current price of $46 a share. The firm also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a total face value of $250,000, pays 7.7 percent interest annually, and currently sells for 102.5 percent of face value. The second bond issue consists of 5,000 bonds that are selling for $993 each. These bonds pay 6.5 percent interest annually and mature in 8 years. The tax rate is 34 percent. What is the capital structure weight of the firm's common stock?


A) 47.78 percent
B) 51.39 percent
C) 55.50 percent
D) 60.52 percent
E) 71.86 percent

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