Reference no: EM131466632

Growth? Company's current share price is $ 19.85 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 3.8 % per year. (two decimal places)

a. What is an estimate of Growth? Company's cost of? equity?

b. Growth Company also has preferred stock outstanding that pays a $ 2.15 per share fixed dividend. If this stock is currently priced at $ 28.00?, what is Growth? Company's cost of preferred? stock?

c. Growth Company has existing debt issued three years ago with a coupon rate of 6.3 %. The firm just issued new debt at par with a coupon rate of 6.8 %. What is Growth? Company's cost of? debt?

d. Growth Company has 5.5 million common shares outstanding and 1.4 million preferred shares? outstanding, and its equity has a total book value of $ 50.2million. Its liabilities have a market value of $ 19.6 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 40 % tax rate. Given the information in parts ?(a?) through ?(d?), and your answers to those? problems, what is Growth? Company's WACC?