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Vedder, Inc., has 7.3 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current sh

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Question

Vedder, Inc., has 7.3 million shares of common stock outstanding. The current share price is $62.30, and the book value per share is $5.30. Vedder also has two bond issues outstanding. The first bond issue has a face value of $71.3 million, a coupon rate of 7.3 percent, and sells for 91.5 percent of par. The second issue has a face value of $36.3 million, a coupon rate of 7.8 percent, and sells for 90.5 percent of par. The first issue matures in 19 years, the second in 11 years.

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What are the company

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What are the company

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Statement showing computation on the basis of Book Value Stock Number Price Market Value Weight Common Stock                 7,300,000.00                        5.30            38,690,000.00                          0.2645 Bond issue 1                       71,300.00               1,000.00            71,300,000.00                          0.4874 Bond issue 2                       36,300.00               1,000.00            36,300,000.00                          0.2481         146,290,000.00                          1.0000 Book Value weight of Equity                             0.2645 Book Value weight of Debt(Debt 1 + Debt 2)                             0.7355 Statement showing computation on the basis of Market Value Stock Number Price Market Value Weight Common Stock                 7,300,000.00                     62.30         454,790,000.00                          0.8226 Bond issue 1                       71,300.00                   915.00            65,239,500.00                          0.1180 Bond issue 2                       36,300.00                   905.00            32,851,500.00                          0.0594         552,881,000.00                          1.0000 Market Value weight of Equity                             0.8226 Market Value weight of Debt (Debt 1 + Debt 2)                             0.1774 Market Value weights are more relevant as they depit true picture of the position of the company