Holdup Bank has an issue of preferred stock with a $8 stated dividend that just sold for $95 per share. What is the bank's cost of preferred stock?
Hint: The price of any asset is the present value of future cash flows. The preferred stock has a constant dividend, and is a perpetuity. Use the present value equation for a perpetuity to figure out the required return on the preferred stock.
8.00%
8.08%
8.76%
8.42%
8.84%