Cost of common stock equity  Ross Textiles wishes to measure its cost of common stock equity. The firm's stock is currently selling for $50.79. The firm just recently paid a dividend of $4.09. The firm has been increasing dividends regularly. Five years ago, the dividend was just $3.01. After underpricing and flotation costs, the firm expects to net

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Cost of common stock equity  Ross Textiles wishes to measure its cost of common stock equity. The firm's stock is currently selling for

 

$50.79.

 

The firm just recently paid a dividend of

 

$4.09.

 

The firm has been increasing dividends regularly. Five years ago, the dividend was just

 

$3.01.

 

After underpricing and flotation costs, the firm expects to net

 

$45.20

 

per share on a new issue.

 

a.  Determine average annual dividend growth rate over the past 5 years. Using that growth rate, what dividend would you expect the company to pay next year?

 

b.

 

Determine the net proceeds,

 

N Subscript n,

 

that the firm will actually receive.

 

c.  Using the constant-growth valuation model, determine the required return on the company's stock,

 

rs,

 

which should equal the cost of retained earnings,

 

rr.

 

d.  Using the constant-growth valuation model, determine the cost of new common stock,

 

rn. 

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