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Alpha Moose Transporters has a current stock price of $26 per share, and is expected to pay a per-share dividend of $4.90 at the end of next year. The company’s earnings and dividends growth rate are expected to grow at a constant rate of 5.20% into the foreseeable future. If Sunny Day expects to incur flotation costs of 4.25% of the value of its newly-raised equity funds, then the flotation-adjusted (net) cost of its new common stock (rounded to two decimal places) should be ___?
According to dividend discount model cost of equity is
= dividend for year 1/(price less flotation cost ) + growth
given floatation cost is 4.25%
price less flotation cost is 26-4.25% = 24.895
Ke = 4.9/24.895 + 0.0520 = 24.88%
So cost of equity is 24.88%