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Cost of common stock equity Ross Textiles wishes to measure its cost of common stock equity. The firm's stock is currently selling for $67.38. The firm just recently paid a dividend of $3.99. The firm has been increasing dividends regularly. Five years ago, the dividend was just $3.04.
After underpricing and floatation costs, the firm expects to net $62.66 per share on a new issue.
a. Determine average annual dividend growth rate over the past 5 years. Using that growth rate, what dividend would you expect the company to pay next year?
b. Determine the net proceeds, Nn that the firm will actually receive.
c. Using the constant-growth valuation model, determine the cost of new common stock, rn.
d. Using the constant-growth valuation model, determine the cost of new common stock, rn.
a. The average annual dividend growth rate over the past 5 years is ______%. (Round to two decimal places.)