Question - A company's perpetual preferred stock currently sells for $98.50 per share, and it pays an $7.00 annual dividend. If the company were to sell a new preferred issue, it would incur a flotation cost of 8.00% of the issue price. What is the firm's cost of preferred stock?
A. 7.72%
B. 8.22%
C. 8.83%
D. 9.10%
E. 9.40%