= Homework: Week 4 - Chapter 9 Question 4, P9-16 (similar to) Part 1 of 6 > HW Score: 75%, 75 of 100 points O Points: 0 of 25 Save Cost of capital Edna Recording Studios, Inc., reported earnings available to common stock of $5,000,000 last year. From those earnings, the company paid a dividend of $1.23 on each of its 1,000,000 common shares outstanding. The capital structure of the company includes 40% debt, 15% preferred stock, and 45% common stock. It is taxed at a rate of 24%. a. If the market price of the common stock is $47 and dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 9% per year for the foreseeable future, what is the company's cost of retained earnings financing? b. If underpricing and flotation costs on new shares of common stock amount to $8 per share, what is the company's cost of new common stock financing? c. The company can issue $1.98 dividend preferred stock for a market price of $28 per share. Flotation costs would amount to $4 per share. What is the cost of preferred stock financing? d. The company can issue $1,000-par-value, 10% coupon, 10-year bonds that can be sold for $1,160 each. Flotation costs would amount to $20 per bond. Use the estimation formula to figure the approximate after-tax cost of debt financing? e. What is the WACC? a. If the market price of the common stock is $47 and dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 9% per year for the foreseeable future, the company's cost of retained earnings financing is %. (Round to two decimal places.)