Buggy Whip Manufacturing Company is issuing preferred stock yielding 8%. Selten Corporation is considering buying the stock. Assume that Buggy's tax rate is 0% due to continuing heavy tax losses, and Selten's tax rate is 21%. What is the after-tax preferred yield for Selten? Assume the tax rate on dividends is 15%.
A) 7.22%
B) 5.33%
C) 7.64%
D) 8.00%
C) 7.64%
After-tax preferred yield = Before-tax preferred stock yield × [1 ? (Tax rate) (Taxable amount of dividends)] = 0.08 × [1 ? (0.15) (0.30)] = 7.64%
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