1. Quantitative Problem: Barton Industries can issue perpetual preferred stock at a price of $41 per share. The stock would pay a constant annual dividend of $3.70 per share. If the firm's marginal tax rate is 40%, what is the company's cost of preferred stock? Round your answer to 2 decimal places. %
2. Stock A has a beta of 1.59 and has the same reward-to-risk ratio as stock B. Stock B has a beta of 0.87 and an expected return of 11.37 percent. What is the expected return (in percents) on stock A if the risk-free rate is 5.38 percent?