Preferred stock valuation txs manufacturing has an outstanding preferred stock issue with a par value of $6363 per share. the preferred shares pay dividends annually at a rate of %. a. what is the annual dividend on txs preferred stock? b. if investors require a return of 55% on this stock and the next dividend is payable one year from now, what is the price of txs preferred stock? c. suppose that txs has not paid dividends on its preferred shares in the past two years, but investors believe that it will start paying dividends again in one year. what is the value of txs preferred stock if it is cumulative and if investors require a(n) 55% rate of return?

George kyparisis makes bowling balls in his miami plant. with recent increases in his​ costs, he has a newfound interest in efficiency. george is interested in determining the productivity of his organization. he would like to know if his organization is maintaining the manufacturing average of a​ 3% increase in productivity. he has the following data representing a month from last year and an equivalent month this​ year: last year now cost per input unit units produced 1 comma 2001,200 1 comma 2001,200 labor​ (hours) 300300 275275 ​$1212 per hour resin​ (pounds) 5050 4545 ​$55 per pound capital invested​ ($) 10 comma 00010,000 11 comma 00011,000 22​% per month energy​ (btu) 2 comma 9002,900 2 comma 7502,750 ​$0.600.60 per btu the percent change in productivity for one month last year versus one month this year on a multifactor basis with dollars as the common denominator​ = 3.153.15​% ​(enter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal​ places).