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Cost of preference shares

RRichard8y ago
Dear Sir I am trying to find in your lectures and notes the calculation for the cost of preference shares for WACC calculations
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor8y ago#1
It is exactly the same as the calculation of the cost of ordinary shares, except it is easier because preference shares have a constant dividend and therefore g = 0 !! (I go through examples with preference shares in some of the lectures working through past exam questions.)
RRichard8y ago#2
Thank you very much. One more question, if WACC id requested such as in Fence (6/14), do we assume market value or book value if not specified?
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor8y ago#3
We always calculate the WACC using market values (unless the question specifically says to use nominal (book) values, which is very unlikely indeed). The question Fence uses market values, which is correct.
RRichard8y ago#4
Thank you
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor8y ago#5
You are welcome :-)
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