Aa Aa 5. Cost of new common stock represent the fees that firms pay to investment bankers to help them issue new common stock. Flotation costs Dividends 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. Q False: Firms raise capital from retained earnings only when they cannot issue new common stock due to market conditions outside of their control. Q 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. Sunny Day Manufacturing Company has a current stock price of $22.35 per share, and is expected to pay a per-share dividend of $2.45 at the end of next year. The company's earnings' and dividends' growth rate are expected to grow at the constant rate of 8.70% into the foreseeable future. If Sunny Day expects to incur flotation costs of 6.50% 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