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Cost of Equity Share Capital is more than cost of debt because: ?

<p style="text-align:justify;"> <strong>(a) Face value of debentures is more than face value of shares,</strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>(b) Equity shares have higher risk than debt, </strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>(c) Equity shares are easily saleable,</strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>(d) All of the three above.</strong></p>

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Question added by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.
Date Posted: 2014/09/20
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by Deleted user

(b) Equity shares have higher risk than debt, 

Mohsin Abbas
by Mohsin Abbas , Finance Manager , Saudi Power Transformers Company& CG Power Systems

B

Thaikkattil Mathew Joshi
by Thaikkattil Mathew Joshi , Group Credit Controller , Gps Group,Dubai.

Answer B.

Equity shares have high risk more than debt.

Because dividend is only from the profit where as interest has to pay whether you made profit or loss.

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Joshi Mathew

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Tanveer Qureshi
by Tanveer Qureshi , Director , Qureshi Associates

Option B is appropriate answer.

Kamran Anjum
by Kamran Anjum , Head of Internal Audit , Rafhan Maize Products Company limited, Faisalabad, Pakistan, Ingredion Incorporated Gmbh

Right answer is option B)

Moustafa Habli
by Moustafa Habli , CFO , Al Mozaini Real Esate

Since the required return on equity is always higher than the cost of debt financing, the cost of equity shares is higher.

Salah Othman Yousef Alshambaati
by Salah Othman Yousef Alshambaati , مدير ادارة الحسابات , شركة انفال الجديدة للتجارة والمقاولات

b

Aniruddha Paithankar
by Aniruddha Paithankar , Group Manager Finance & Accounts , Al Mulla Group Holding Company KSCC

Cost of equity is more than cost of debt because of risk and why would a entrepreneur put money if he is not getting return above risk free rate.

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by Deleted user

( b ) is the answer

Ahmad Tawfiq Tawfiq alsheikh saleh
by Ahmad Tawfiq Tawfiq alsheikh saleh , Assistant Chief Accountant , INT’L Solution For Food Trade Co. (Shaban Group)

b

georgei assi
by georgei assi , مدير حسابات , المجموعة السورية

Answer B correct answer