Estimate the cost of capital for Eastman Chemical Company (Ticker: EMN)

2. Cost of Equity
   2. CAPM Model
      2. Use 3.35% as the risk-free rate
      4. Use 7% as the market risk premium
      6. Collect the past five year monthly prices for EMN and S&P 500 index
      8. Calculate monthly returns
      10. Use regression analysis to calculate Beta, and calculate the cost of equity
      12. Use Yahoo Finance Beta to calculate the cost of equity
   5. DCF Model
      2. Use Yahoo Finance to collect data
      4. Calculate the cost of equity

Compare the cost of equity using CAPM to the cost of equity using DCF. Do you observe any significant difference? What are the factors that may cause the differences?

1. Cost of Debt
   2. Use www.finra.org to collect outstanding bonds information. Calculate the market value for each bond. Calculate the YTM for each bond and compare it to the reported YTM. Did you observe any significant differences between calculated and reported YTM? What factor(s) could cause such difference(s)?
   4. Calculate the cost of debt for EMN

1. Weighted Average of Capital
   1. Calculate the weighted average cost of capital (assume the tax rate is 30%).