Warephase Corporation has preferred stock outstanding. The stock has a 16% dividend rate. The stockâs market price is $80 per share, and its par value is $75. If new shares are issued, the firm will pay $3.50 per share in flotation costs. The corporate tax rate is 21%. What is the companyâs cost of preferred stock financing?

The cost of the company’s preferred stock financing is 15.7%

Explanation:

In this question, we are asked to calculate a company’s cost of preferred stock financing.

Firstly, we calculate the annual dividend of the company.

Mathematically, that is equal to dividend rate * par value

From the question, dividend rate is 16% while par value is $75

Thus, Annual dividend is 16/100 * 75 = $12

To get the cost of preferred stock, we employ a mathematical approach.

Mathematically, cost of preferred stock = Annual dividend/(current price - floatation cost)

From the question, current price is $80 while the floatation cost is $3.5 per share.

Cost of preferred stock = 12/(80-3.5)

= 12/76.5 = 0.157

This is same as 15.7%