A company’s perpetual preferred stock has a par value of $65 per share and it pays a dividend rate of 6.25% per year. The preferred stock’s market value is $58.63 per share and the company’s tax rate is 31%. If the flotation costs for preferred stock are 6.5%, what is the company’s annual cost of new preferred stock financing?

Cost of preferred stock=7.41 %

Explanation:

A preferred stock entitles its investor to a fixed amount of dividend for the foreseeable future. The dividend payable by a preferred stock is similar to a perpetuity. Hence, the price of the stock would be the same as the present value of the dividend payable for the foreseeable future.

A preferred stock entitles its owner to a fixed amount of dividend. It is calculated as follows:  

Cost of preferred stock = D/P(1-f) × 100

D- Preference dividend

P- stock price

F- flotation cost

Preference dividend = Coupon rate × Nominal value

DATA

Nominal value = $65

Stock price = $58.63  

Dividend rate=6.25%

Flotation cost = 6.5%

Preference dividend = 6.25%× 65 = 4.063

Cost of preferred stock =(4.063 /58.63×(1-0.065) × 100 = 7.41  %

Cost of preferred stock=7.41 %

answer; exemplars;

the answer is "b.the increased supply will create a surplus. "

the essential thought behind price controls is straightforward - utilize the power of law to modify the equilibrium of a market. for instance, the legislature may choose that the steel business needs to survive, and in this way pass a law to set a value floor on steel. this implies all steel sold must offer at or over the floor value, which must be set over the equilibrium cost for it to have any impact. the switch could likewise happen - the administration can choose that steel is excessively costly and set a value roof underneath its equilibrium value, with the goal that all steel must be sold at or beneath that ceiling.