The 7 percent preferred stock of Midwest Muffler and Towing is selling for $65 per share. What is the firm's cost of preferred stock if the tax rate is 21 percent and the par value per share is $100? a. 12.79 percentb. 11.21 percentc. 11.46 percentd. 10.55 percente. 10.77 percent

e. 10.77 percent

Explanation:

The computation of the cost of preferred stock is shown below:

Cost of preferred stock = Annual dividend paid : Price of preferred stock per share

= 0.07 * $100 : $65

= 10.77%

Simply we divide the annual dividend after considering the par value per share by the price of preferred stock per share so that the correct cost of preferred stock can be computed