The Cost of Preferred Stock

question 57

Multiple Choice

The cost of preferred stock:

• A) is equal to the dividend yield.
• B) is equal to the yield to maturity.
• C) is highly dependent on the dividend growth rate.
• D) is independent of the stock's price.
• E) decreases when tax rates increase.

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