Companies that have preferred stock outstanding promise to pay a stated dividend for an infinite period. Preferred stock is treated like a perpetuity if the preferred shares and bonds is that the issuing companies can suspend the payment of their preferred dividends without throwing the company into bankruptcy. However, similar to bonds, preferred stockholders receive a fixed payment-their dividend-before the company's residual earnings are paid out to its common stockholders and, as with common stock, preferred stockholders can benefit from an appreciation in the value of the firm's stock securities. Consider the following case of Acme Manufacturing Corporation: Acme Manufacturing Corporation pays an annual dividend rate of 11.40% on its preferred stock that currently returns 15.28% and has a par $100.00 per share. What is the value of Acme's preferred stock? $100.00 per share $111.91 per share $74.61 per share $89.53 per share Suppose that due to high inflation, interest rates rise and pull the preferred stock's yield to 19.86%. The value of the preferred stock will