1. Torch Industries can issue perpetual preferred stock at a price of $55.50 a share. The stock would pay a constant annual dividend of $6.00 a share. What is the company’s cost of preferred stock, rp? Round your answer to two decimal places.
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2. Holt Enterprises recently paid a dividend, D0, of $3.25. It expects to have nonconstant growth of 22% for 2 years followed by a constant rate of 9% thereafter. The firm’s required return is 14%.
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3. Tresnan Brothers is expected to pay a $2.80 per share dividend at the end of the year (i.e., D1 = $2.80). The dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 8% a year. The required rate of return on the stock, rs, is 15%. What is the stock’s current value per share? Round your answer to two decimal places.
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4. Computech Corporation is expanding rapidly and currently needs to retain all of its earnings; hence, it does not pay dividends. However, investors expect Computech to begin paying dividends, beginning with a dividend of $1.75 coming 3 years from today. The dividend should grow rapidly-at a rate of 36% per year-during Years 4 and 5; but after Year 5, growth should be a constant 10% per year. If the required return on Computech is 14%, what is the value of the stock today? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest cent.
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5. Travis Industries plans to issue perpetual preferred stock with an $11.00 dividend. The stock is currently selling for $114.50, but flotation costs will be 6% of the market price, so the net price will be $107.63 per share. What is the cost of the preferred stock, including flotation? Round your answer to two decimal places.
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6. Jarett & Sons’s common stock currently trades at $38.00 a share. It is expected to pay an annual dividend of $2.00 a share at the end of the year (D1 = $2.00), and the constant growth rate is 4% a year.
7. Weston Corporation just paid a dividend of $1.75 a share (i.e., D0 = $1.75). The dividend is expected to grow 9% a year for the next 3 years and then at 5% a year thereafter. What is the expected dividend per share for each of the next 5 years? Round your answers to two decimal places.
D1 = $
D2 = $
D3 = $
D4 = $
D5 = $
8. The Holmes Company’s currently outstanding bonds have an 8% coupon and a 13% yield to maturity. Holmes believes it could issue new bonds at par that would provide a similar yield to maturity. If its marginal tax rate is 35%, what is Holmes’ after-tax cost of debt? Round your answer to two decimal places.
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