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

question 20

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 deductible by the issuing firm.

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