Question: Having an issue putting this problem in excel. If you could show the answer in excel that would be awesome. The Clause Solution, Inc., a

Having an issue putting this problem in excel. If you could show the answer in excel that would be awesome.

The Clause Solution, Inc., a residential window and door manufacturer, has the following historical record of earnings per share (EPS) from 2013 to 2017:

The companys payout ratio has been 60% over the last five years and the last quoted price of the firms stock was $10. Flotation costs for new equity will be 7%. The company has 30,000,000 common shares outstanding and a debt-equity ratio of 0.50.

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

EPS

$1.10

$1.05

$1.00

$0.95

$0.90

  1. If dividends are expected to grow at the same arithmetic average growth rate of the last five years, what is the dividend payment in 2018?
  2. Calculate the firms cost of retained earnings and the cost of new common equity using the constant growth dividend discount model.
  3. If the Clause Solutions after-tax cost of debt is 9%, what is the WACC with retained earnings? With new common equity?

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