The Shoe Box will not pay a dividend for the next two years. The following two years, it will pay annual dividends of $1 per share. Starting in year 5, the dividends will increase by 4 percent annually. The discount rate is 8 percent. What is the value of this stock today?

Western electric has 32,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a price per share of $79 and a rate of return of 13.00 percent. the firm has 7,300 shares of 7.80 percent preferred stock outstanding at a price of $95.00 per share. the preferred stock has a par value of $100. the outstanding debt has a total face value of $404,000 and currently sells for 111 percent of face. the yield to maturity on the debt is 8.08 percent. what is the firm's weighted average cost of capital if the tax rate is 39 percent?