The Cost of Perpetual Preferred Stock Is Found as the Preferred's

question 71

True/False

The cost of perpetual preferred stock is found as the preferred's annual dividend divided by the market price of the preferred stock. No adjustment is needed for taxes because preferred dividends, unlike interest on debt, is not deductable by the issuing firm.

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Definitions:

Legal Capital Approach

Method of preparing Paid-In Capital by listing the legal section first.

Stock Dividend

It's a dividend payment made in the form of additional shares rather than a cash payout, representing a reinvestment of company earnings.

Stock Split

An action by a company to divide its existing stock into multiple shares to boost liquidity without changing shareholders' equity.

Retained Earnings

The portion of net income left over for the business after it has paid out dividends to its shareholders.