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Avondale Aeronautics has perpetual preferred stock outstanding with a par value of $100. The stock pays a quarterly dividend of $2.00 and its current price is $120.
What is its nominal annual rate of return? Do not round
intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal
places.
%
What is its effective annual rate of return? Do not round
intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal
places.
%
a.Nominal annual rate of return = Preferred dividend/ Price of preferred stock
= $2*4 / $120
= $8 / $120
= 0.0667
= 6.67%.
b.The effective annual rate is calculated using the below formula:
Effective annual yield= (1+r/n)^n - 1
Where r is the interest rate and n is the number of compounding periods in one year.
Effective annual rate = (1+ 0.0667/4)^4 – 1
= 1.0684 - 1
= 0.0684*100
= 6.84%.