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Chapter 4: Q25BP (page 325)

X-Tech Company issued preferred stock many years ago. It carries a fixed dividend of $12.00 per share. With the passage of time, yields have soared from the original 10 percent to 17 percent (yield is the same as required rate of return).

a. What was the original issue price?

b. What is the current value of this preferred stock?

c. If the yield on the Standard & Poor鈥檚 Preferred Stock Index declines, how will the price of the preferred stock be affected?

Short Answer

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  1. The original issue price is $120.
  2. The current price is $70.59.
  3. The yields on the specified preferred stock will fall.

Step by step solution

01

Computation of the original price of preferred stock

OriginalIssuePrice=DividendRateofreturn=$120.10=$120

02

Computation of the current price of preferred stock

CurrentPriceofPreferredStock=DividendNewRateofreturn=$120.17=$70.59

03

Effect on stock price

When the yield on the S&P preferred stock index falls, then the yields on the specified preferred stock will also fall because the yield on S&P preferred stock index on the given stock has a close correlation.

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