#questiBabar Corporation''s present capital structure, which is also its target capital structure I, is 40% debt and 60% common equity. Next year''s net income is projected to be Rs.21,000, and Babar''s payout ration is 30%. The company''s earnings and dividends are growing at a constant rate of 5%; the last dividend (Do) was Rs.2.00; and the current equilibrium stock price is Rs.21.88. Babar can raise all the debt financing its needs at 14.0%. If Babar issues new common stock, a 20% floatation cost will be incurred. The firm''s marginal tax rate is 40%.
(a) What is the maximum amount of new capital that can be raised at the lowest component cost of equity? (In other words, what is the retained earnings break point?)
(b) What is the component cost of the equity raised by selling new common stock?