Beige Inc. plans to issue preferred stock that pays an $11.50 dividend per share and sells for $120 per share in the market. It will cost 4 percent, or $4.80 per share, to issue the new preferred...

Compute cost of preferred stock

Extracted text: Beige Inc. plans to issue preferred stock that pays an $11.50 dividend per share and sells for $120 per share in the market. It will cost 4 percent, or $4.80 per share, to issue the new preferred stock, so Beige will net $115.20 per share. Beige's cost of preferred stock? (Round off the answer to two decimal places.)