As the Winner of a Contest, You Are Now CFO

Multiple Choice

As the winner of a contest, you are now CFO for the day for Maguire Inc.and your day's job involves raising capital for expansion.Maguire's common stock currently sells for $45.00 per share, the company expects to earn $2.75 per share during the current year, its expected payout ratio is 70%, and its expected constant growth rate is 6.00%.New stock can be sold to the public at the current price, but a flotation cost of 8% would be incurred.By how much would the cost of new stock exceed the cost of common from reinvested earnings?

A) 0.09%
B) 0.19%
C) 0.37%
D) 0.56%
E) 0.84%