Your firm is considering taking on a project that will result in OCFs of $150,000 per year, forever. Your firm has a 0.85 debt - to - equity ratio. The yield to maturity on bonds is 5%. Corporate tax rate is 30%. The current stock price is $87. The firm has paid dividends of $2.25, $2.50, and $3.55 over the last 3 years and the most recent dividend payment is $3.75. Use the geometric average growth rate to estimate the cost of equity. Since this project is riskier than usual, management will apply an adjustment factor of +2% to the cost of capital for this project. What is the maximum cost of the project for us to accept? Do not round any numbers until the very last answer.

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Your firm is considering taking on a project that will result in OCFs of $150,000 per year, forever. Your firm has a 0.85 debt - to - equity ratio. The yield to maturity on bonds is 5%. Corporate tax rate is 30%. The current stock price is $87. The firm has paid dividends of $2.25, $2.50, and $3.55 over the last 3 years and the most recent dividend payment is $3.75. Use the geometric average growth rate to estimate the cost of equity. Since this project is riskier than usual, management will apply an adjustment factor of +2% to the cost of capital for this project. What is the maximum cost of the project for us to accept? Do not round any numbers until the very last
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