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Chapter 10, Problem 16P

a.

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To calculate: The past growth rate in the earnings.

Cost of Equity:

It is the cost of the company while raising finance by issuing equity. It is earnings from the investment to the firm’s equity investors. It is the return to the stockholder holders’ equity investments.

b.

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To calculate: The next expected dividend D1, assuming the past growth rate continues.

c.

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To identify: The cost of retained earnings.

Cost of Retained Earnings:

A company can raise its capital by issuing new shares of by retaining its current earnings. The retained earnings is assumed as free cost generally but it is wrong because the cost of retained earnings can be measured as per opportunity cost principle.

If the company has no retained earning company issues new shares in which the shareholders earn the dividend. Thus, the loss of dividend can be considered as opportunity cost of the retained earnings.

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