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 %

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