Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization is lower than EBIT as long as the company has depreciation or amortization expenses.
2. For companies with very high interest expense, or very low EBIT, the interest expense limitation will reduce the tax advantage to issuing debt and the equation, K d (Cost of debt) = Y(1 ? T ), would need to be adjusted to reflect the impact of the new tax law.
3. A firm's cost of preferred stock is equal to the preferred dividend divided by market price plus the dividend growth rate (Kp = D/P0 + g).
4. The cost of new common stock is greater than the cost of outstanding common stock.
5. In determining the cost of preferred stock, the earnings on outstanding preferred stock may be used as a proxy.


1. FALSE

2. TRUE

3. FALSE



4. TRUE

5. FALSE

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