Growth Company's current share price is $20.05 and it is expected to pay a $1.15 dividend per share next year. After that, the firm's dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 4.4% per year. a. What is an estimate of Growth Company's cost of equity? b. Growth Company also has preferred stock outstanding that pays a $1.85 per share fixed dividend. If this stock is currently priced at $28.30, what is Growth Company's cost of preferred stock? c. Growth Company has existing debt issued three years ago with a coupon rate of 5.5%. The firm just issued new debt at par with a coupon rate of 6.2%. What is Growth Company's pretax cost of debt? d. Growth Company has 4.7 million common shares outstanding and 1.1 million preferred shares outstanding, and its equity has a total book value of $50.0 million. Its liabilities have a market value of $20.1 million. If Growth Company's common and preferred shares are priced as in parts (a) and (b), what is the market value of Growth Company's assets? e. Growth Company faces a 22% tax rate. Given the information in parts (a) through (d), and your answers to those problems, what is Growth Company's WACC? Note: Assume that the firm will always be able to utilize its full interest tax shield.

Maynard Steel plans to pay a dividend of $2.82 this year. The company has an expected earnings growth rate of 3.9% per year and an equity cost of capital of 9.5%. a. Assuming that Maynard's dividend payout rate and expected growth rate remain constant, and that the firm does not issue or repurchase shares, estimate Maynard's share price. b. Suppose Maynard decides to pay a dividend of $0.95 this year and use the remaining $1.87 per share to repurchase shares. If Maynard's total payout rate remains constant, estimate Maynard's share price. a. Assuming that Maynard's dividend payout rate and expected growth rate remain constant, and that the firm does not issue or repurchase shares, estimate Maynard's share price. Maynard's share price will be $ (Round to the nearest cent.)

M&M Corporation  just paid a dividend of $1.55. It is expected to increase its dividend by 2% per year.  B&B Corporation is expected to pay a $2.55 dividend in one year. It is expected to grow at 4% per year.  The market requires a return of 12% on assets at similar risk level.,    a) What is the stock price of M&M Corporation? b) What is the stock price of B&B Corporation?

Assume Gillette Corporation will pay an annual dividend of $0.61 one year from now. Analysts expect this dividend to grow at 11.5% per year thereafter until the 6th year. Thereafter, growth will level off at 2.3% per year. According to the dividend-discount model, what is the value of a share of Gillette stock if the firm's equity cost of capital is 8.4%? The value of Gillette's stock is $ (Round to the nearest cent.)

Maynard Steel plans to pay a dividend of $3.18 this year. The company has an expected earnings growth rate of 4.5% per year and an equity cost of capital of 10.8%. a. Assuming that Maynard's dividend payout rate and expected growth rate remain constant, and that the firm does not issue or repurchase shares, estimate Maynard's share price. b. Suppose Maynard decides to pay a dividend of $1.08 this year and use the remaining $2.10 per share to repurchase shares. If Maynard's total payout rate remains constant, estimate Maynard's share price. a. Assuming that Maynard's dividend payout rate and expected growth rate remain constant, and that the firm does not issue or repurchase shares, estimate Maynard's share price. Maynard's share price will be $. (Round to the nearest cent.)

Slow 'n Steady, Inc., has a stock price of $33, will pay a dividend next year of $2.90, and has expected dividend growth of 1.1% per year. What is your estimate of Slow 'n Steady's cost of equity capital? The required return (cost of capital) of levered equity is __ % ? (Round to one decimal place.)

Growth Company's current share price is $20.10 and it is expected to pay a $0.95 dividend per share next year. After that, the firm's dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 4.5% per year. a. What is an estimate of Growth Company's cost of equity? b. Growth Company also has preferred stock outstanding that pays a $2.00 per share fixed dividend. If this stock is currently priced at $28.15, what is Growth Company's cost of preferred stock? c. Growth Company has existing debt issued three years ago with a coupon rate of 6.2%. The firm just issued new debt at par with a coupon rate of 6.3%. What is Growth Company's pretax cost of debt? d. Growth Company has 4.9 million common shares outstanding and 1.2 million preferred shares outstanding, and its equity has a total book value of $50.1 million. Its liabilities have a market value of $20.2 million. If Growth Company's common and preferred shares are priced as in parts (a) and (b), what is the market value of Growth Company's assets? e.…

Red, Inc., Yellow Corp., and Blue Company each will pay a dividend of $4.15 next year. The growth rate in dividends for all three companies is 4 percent. The required return for each company’s stock is 8 percent, 11 percent, and 14 percent, respectively. What is the stock price for each company? What do you conclude about the relationship between the required return and the stock price?

Assume Gillette Corporation will pay an annual dividend of $0.69 one year from now. Analysts expect this dividend to grow at 11.1% per year thereafter until the 4th year. Thereafter, growth will level off at 1.6% per year. According to the dividend-discount model, what is the value of a share of Gillette stock if the firm's equity cost of capital is 8.7%? The value of Gillette's stock is $. nearest cent.) (Round to the

The future earnings, dividends, and common stock price of Callahan Technologies Inc. are expected to grow 4% per year. Callahan's common stock currently sells for $26.75 per share; its last dividend was $2.00; and it will pay a $2.08 dividend at the end of the current year. a. Using the DCF approach, what is its cost of common equity? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. % b. If the firm's beta is 1.5, the risk-free rate is 4%, and the average return on the market is 13%, what will be the firm's cost of common equity using the CAPM approach? Round your answer to two decimal places. % c. If the firm's bonds earn a return of 11%, based on the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach, what will be rg? Use the judgmental risk premium of 4% in your calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. d. If you have equal confidence in the inputs used for the three approaches, what is your estimate of Callahan's cost of common equity? Do not round…