Pixieedust Telecommunications, Inc has the following target capital structure, which it considers to be optimal: debt = 25%, preferred stock = 15%, and common stock = 60%. PTI's tax rate is 40%, and investors expect earnings and dividends to grow at a constant rate of 6% in the future. PTI paid dividend of $3.70 per share last year (D₁), and its stock currently sells at a price of $60 per share. Ten-year Treasury bonds yield 6%, the market risk premium is 5%, and beta is 1.3. The following terms would apply to new security offerings. Additional information:
Pixieedust Telecommunications, Inc has the following target capital structure, which it considers to be optimal: debt = 25%, preferred stock = 15%, and common stock = 60%. PTI's tax rate is 40%, and investors expect earnings and dividends to grow at a constant rate of 6% in the future. PTI paid dividend of $3.70 per share last year (D₁), and its stock currently sells at a price of $60 per share. Ten-year Treasury bonds yield 6%, the market risk premium is 5%, and beta is 1.3. The following terms would apply to new security offerings.
Additional information:
Preferred - New preferred could be sold to the public at a price of $100 per share, with
a dividend of $9. Flotation costs of $5 per share would be incurred.
Debt-Debt could be sold at an interest rate of 9%.
Common-New common equity will be raised only by retaining earnings.
a. Cost of debt
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