The Cost of New Common Stock Equity for Tangshan Mining

question 56

True/False

The cost of new common stock equity for Tangshan Mining would be 17.60 percent if the firm just paid a dividend of $4.00, the stock price is $50.00, dividends are expected to grow at 8 percent indefinitely, and flotation costs are $5.00 per share.

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