Rollins Corporation Rollins Corporation Is Constructing Its MCC Schedule. Its Target Capital

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Rollins Corporation
Rollins Corporation is constructing its MCC schedule. Its target capital structure is 20 percent debt, 20 percent preferred stock, and 60 percent common equity. Its bonds have a 12 percent coupon, paid semiannually, a current maturity of 20 years, and sell for $1,000. The firm could sell, at par, $100 preferred stock that pays a 12 percent annual dividend, but flotation costs of 5 percent would be incurred. Rollins' beta is 1.2, the risk-free rate is 10 percent, and the market risk premium is 5 percent. Rollins is a constant growth firm that just paid a dividend of $2.00, sells for $27.00 per share, and has a growth rate of 8 percent. The firm's policy is to use a risk premium of 4 percentage points when using the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium method to find rs. The firm's net income is expected to be $1 million, and its dividend payout ratio is 40 percent. Flotation costs on new common stock total 10 percent, and the firm's marginal tax rate is 40 percent.
-Refer to Rollins Corporation.What is Rollins' cost of preferred stock?

• A) 10.0%
• B) 11.0%
• C) 12.0%
• D) 12.6%
• E) 13.2%

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Definitions:

Financial Leverage

Employing borrowed capital to enhance the potential profit from an investment, which magnifies both possible rewards and risks.

MM

MM, short for Modigliani and Miller, refers to a foundational theory in finance concerning the capital structure of companies and its impact on market value.

Financial Distress

A condition when a company cannot generate sufficient revenues or income, making it unable to meet its financial obligations.

Tax-Deductible

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