5. Cost of Capital: Cost of New Common Stock Cost of Capital: Cost of New Common Stock If a firm plans to issue new stock, flotation costs (investment bankers' fees) should not be ignored. There are two approaches to use to account for flotation approach is to add the sum of flotation costs for the debt, preferred, and common stock and add them to the initial investment cost. Because the inves tment the project's expected return is reduced so it may not meet the firm's hurdle rate for acceptance of the project. The second approach involves adjusting the co equity as follows: Cost of equity from new stock =re=P0(1F)D1+gL The difference between the flotation-adjusted cost of equity and the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment represents the flotation cost a Quantitative Problem: Barton Industries expects next year's annual dividend, D1, to be $1.60 and it expects dividends to grow at a constant rate gL=4.6%. The common stock price, P0, is $20.00. If it needs to issue new common stock, the firm will encounter a 5.3% flotation cost, F. Assume that the cost of equity calc the flotation adjustment is 12.6% and the cost of old common equity is 12.1%. What is the flotation cost adjustment that must be added to its cost of retained not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. % What is the cost of new common equity considering the estimate made from the three estimation methodologies? Do not round intermediate calculations. Ro to two decimal places. I: Cost of New Common Stock to issue new stock, flotation costs (investment bankers' fees) should not be ignored. There are two approaches to use to account for flotation costs. The first add the sum of flotation costs for the debt, preferred, and common stock and add them to the initial investment cost. Because the investment cost is increasec kpected return is reduced so it may not meet the firm's hurdle rate for acceptance of the project. The second approach involves adjusting the cost of common Ws: tyfromnewstock=re=P0(1F)D1+gL between the flotation-adjusted cost of equity and the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment represents the flotation cost adjustment. roblem: Barton Industries expects next year's annual dividend, D1, to be $1.60 and it expects dividends to grow at a constant rate g gL=4.6%. The firm's current price, P0, is $20.00. If it needs to issue new common stock, the firm will encounter a 5.3% flotation cost, F. Assume that the cost of equity calculated without djustment is 12.6% and the cost of old common equity is 12.1%. What is the flotation cost adjustment that must be added to its cost of retained earnings? Do mediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places