6. Cost of new common stock Aa Aa True or False: The following statement accurately describes how firms make decisions related to issuing new common stock Taking flotation costs into account will reduce the cost of new common stock O True: Taking flotation costs into account will reduce the cost of new common stock, because you will multiply the cost of new common stock by 1 minus the flotation cost-similar to how the after-tax cost of debt is calculated O False: Flotation costs are additional costs associated with raising new common stock Alpha Moose Transporters is considering investing in a one-year project that requires an initial investment of $475,000. To do so, it will have issue new common stock and will incur a flotation cost of 2.00%. At the end of the year, the project is expected to produce a cash inflow of $550,000. The rate of return that Alpha Moose expects to earn on its project (net of its flotation costs) is (rounded to two decimal places) Sunny Day Manufacturing Company has a current stock price of $33.35 per share, and is expected to pay a per-share dividend of $1.36 at the end of next year. The company's earnings' and dividends' growth rate are expected to grow at the constant rate of 5.20% into the foreseeable future. If Sunny Day expects to incur flotation costs of 5.00% of the value of its newly-raised equity funds, then the flotation-adjusted (net) cost of its new common stock (rounded to two decimal places) should be Alpha Moose Transporters Co.'s addition to earnings for this year is expected to be $857,000. Its target capital structure consists of 35% debt, 5% preferred, and 60% equity. Determine Alpha Moose Transporters's retained earnings breakpoint: $1,785,416 O $1,642,583 $1,356,916 O $1,428,333