Stable Corporation has been paying an annual dividend of $3 per share for 10 years and is expected to continue such payment in the future.
(a) If the firm's shares are selling for $20 per share, what is the cost of common stock?
(b) If instead of the no-growth situation, the firm were growing at an annual rate of 5% and increasing its dividends at the same rate, what would be the price of the firm's stock (assume stockholders' desire a 15% rate of return)?