Growth Company's current share price is $19.85, and it is expected to pay a$1.10dividend per share next year. After that, the firm's dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 4.5% per year.

A. What is an estimate of Growth Company's cost of equity?

b. Growth Company also has preferred stock outstanding that pays a $1.90 per share fixed dividend. If this stock is currently priced at $28.15, what is Growth Company's cost of preferred stock?

c. Growth Company has existing debt issued three years ago with a coupon rate of 5.6%. The firm just issued new debt at par with a coupon rate of 6.5%. What is Growth Company's cost of debt?

d. Growth Company has 5.3 million common shares outstanding and 1.2 million preferred shares outstanding, and its equity has a total book value of $50.3 million. Its liabilities have a market value of $20.3 million. If Growth Company's common and preferred shares are priced at $19.85 and $28.15, respectively, what is the market value of Growth Company's assets?

e. Growth Company faces a 40% tax rate. Given the information in parts a through d and your answers to those problems, what is Growth Company's WACC?