BLACKFRIDAY company is planning an expansion of its existing production capacity. The firm hired you as a consultant for the expansion project. Since you are a savvy project manager, you first decided to estimate the firms cost of capital based on the available data.

Data:

• Tax Rate: 40%
• Bond: Coupon rate 12%, Maturity Years 15, Present value $1150
• Preferred Stock: Dividend rate 10%, Par Value $100, Present Value $111 Common Stock: Market price $50, D₀=$4.20, Dividend growth 5%, Beta 1.2, Treasury Bond yield 7%, Market risk premium 6%. When the firm uses Bond-yield+Premium method, the risk premium is 4%.
• Capital structure of ABC is as follows;
  • Debt 30%, Common Equity 60%, Preferred Stock 10%

Next, you asked your assistant Mr.COUPON to give his opinion on the following burning questions;

1. What is your final Cost of Equity?
2. Do you agree that the cost of new equity is cheaper than the cost of retained earnings? Why?
3. What is flotation cost and how do you adjust it?
4. If the flotation cost of new stock issue is 10%, what is the estimated cost of equity considering the 10% flotation cost under DCF method you calculated in question iv above? (cost of equity using discounted cashflow technique is 15.50%)