A Firm Has Common Stock with a Market Price of $25

question 23

Multiple Choice

A firm has common stock with a market price of $25 per share and an expected dividend of $2 pershare at the end of the coming year. The growth rate in dividends has been 5 percent. The cost ofthe firm's common stock equity is

• A) 5 percent.
• B) 10 percent.
• C) 13 percent.
• D) 8 percent.

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