Growth Company's current share price is $19.85 and it is expected to pay a $1.30 dividend...

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Growth Company's current share price is $19.85 and it is expected to pay a $1.30 dividend per share next year. After that, the firm's dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 3.8% per year. a. What is an estimate of Growth Company's cost of equity? b. Growth Company also has preferred stock outstanding that pays a $1.95 per share fixed dividend. If this stock is currently priced at $28.00, what is Growth Company's cost of preferred stock? c. Growth Company has existing debt issued three years ago with a coupon rate of 5.8%. The firm just issued new debt at par with a coupon rate of 6.7%. What is Growth Company's pretax cost of debt? d. Growth Company has 5.2 million common shares outstanding and 1.5 million preferred shares outstanding, and its equity has a total book value of $50.1 million. Its liabilities have a market value of $19.6 million. If Growth Company's common and preferred shares are priced as in parts (a) and (b), what is the market value of Growth Company's assets? e. Growth Company faces a 25% tax rate. Given the information in parts (a) through (d), and your answers to those problems, what is Growth Company's WACC? Note: Assume that the firm will always be able to utilize its full interest tax shield. Growth Company's current share price is $19.85 and it is expected to pay a $1.30 dividend per share next year. After that, the firm's dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 3.8% per year. a. What is an estimate of Growth Company's cost of equity? b. Growth Company also has preferred stock outstanding that pays a $1.95 per share fixed dividend. If this stock is currently priced at $28.00, what is Growth Company's cost of preferred stock? c. Growth Company has existing debt issued three years ago with a coupon rate of 5.8%. The firm just issued new debt at par with a coupon rate of 6.7%. What is Growth Company's pretax cost of debt? d. Growth Company has 5.2 million common shares outstanding and 1.5 million preferred shares outstanding, and its equity has a total book value of $50.1 million. Its liabilities have a market value of $19.6 million. If Growth Company's common and preferred shares are priced as in parts (a) and (b), what is the market value of Growth Company's assets? e. Growth Company faces a 25% tax rate. Given the information in parts (a) through (d), and your answers to those problems, what is Growth Company's WACC? Note: Assume that the firm will always be able to utilize its full interest tax shield.