7. The cost of new common stock Aa Aa represent the fees that firms pay to investment bankers to help them issue new common stock. True or False: The following statement accurately describes how firms make decisions related to issuing new common stock If a firm needs additional capital from equity sources once its retained earnings breakpoint is reached, it will have to raise the capital by issuing new common stock. True: Firms will raise all the equity they can from retained earnings before issuing new common stock, because capital from retained earnings is cheaper than capital raised from issuing new common stock. False: Firms raise capital from retained earnings only when they cannot issue new common stock due to market conditions outside of their control. Sunny Day Manufacturing Company is considering investing in a one-year project that requires an initial investment of $450,000. 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 Sunny Day expects to earn on its project (net of its flotation costs) is (rounded to two decimal places). White Lion Homebuilders 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 White Lion expects to incur flotation costs of 3.750% 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 Flash Plaver MAC 32.0.0.453 7. The cost of new common stock Aa Aa represent the fees that firms pay to investment bankers to help them issue new common stock. True or False: The following statement accurately describes how firms make decisions related to issuing new common stock If a firm needs additional capital from equity sources once its retained earnings breakpoint is reached, it will have to raise the capital by issuing new common stock. True: Firms will raise all the equity they can from retained earnings before issuing new common stock, because capital from retained earnings is cheaper than capital raised from issuing new common stock. False: Firms raise capital from retained earnings only when they cannot issue new common stock due to market conditions outside of their control. Sunny Day Manufacturing Company is considering investing in a one-year project that requires an initial investment of $450,000. 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 Sunny Day expects to earn on its project (net of its flotation costs) is (rounded to two decimal places). White Lion Homebuilders 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 White Lion expects to incur flotation costs of 3.750% 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 Flash Plaver MAC 32.0.0.453