Principles of Managerial Finance

496 PART 4 Long-Term Financial Decisions

11 – 5 Cost of preferred stock Taylor Systems has just issued preferred stock. The

stock has a 12% annual dividend and a $100 par value and was sold at $97.50

per share. In addition, flotation costs of $2.50 per share must be paid.

a. Calculate the cost of the preferred stock.

b. If the firm sells the preferred stock with a 10% annual dividend and nets

$90.00 after flotation costs, what is its cost?

11 – 6 Cost of preferred stock Determine the cost for each of the following preferred

stocks.

11 – 7 Cost of common stock equity—CAPM J&M Corporation common stock has a

beta, b, of 1.2. The risk-free rate is 6%, and the market return is 11%.

a. Determine the risk premium on J&M common stock.

b. Determine the required return that J&M common stock should provide.

c. Determine J&M’s cost of common stock equity using the CAPM.

11 – 8 Cost of common stock equity Ross Textiles wishes to measure its cost of com-

mon stock equity. The firm’s stock is currently selling for $57.50. The firm

expects to pay a $3.40 dividend at the end of the year (2004). The dividends for

the past 5 years are shown in the following table.

After underpricing and flotation costs, the firm expects to net $52 per share on a

new issue.

a. Determine the growth rate of dividends.

b. Determine the net proceeds, Nn, that the firm actually receives.

Year Dividend

2003 $3.10

2002 2.92

2001 2.60

2000 2.30

1999 2.12

Preferred stock Par value Sale price Flotation cost Annual dividend

A $100 $101 $9.00 11%

B 40 38 $3.50 8%

C 35 37 $4.00 $5.00

D 30 26 5% of par $3.00

E 20 20 $2.50 9%

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