Quantitative Problem: Barton Industries estimates its cost of common equity by using three approaches: the CAPM,...

 

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Quantitative Problem: Barton Industries estimates its cost of common equity by using three approaches: the CAPM, the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach, and the DCF model. Barton expects next year's annual dividend, D₁, to be $2.40 and it expects dividends to grow at a constant rate g = 5.2%. The firm's current common stock price, Po, is $21.00. The current risk-free rate, FRF, = 4.2%; the market risk premium, RPM, = 5.5%, and the firm's stock has a current beta, b, = 1.1. Assume that the firm's cost of debt, rd, is 9.94%. The firm uses a 3.5% risk premium when arriving at a ballpark estimate of its cost of equity using the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach. What is the firm's cost of equity using each of these three approaches? Round your answers to two decimal places. CAPM cost of equity: Bond yield plus risk premium: DCF cost of equity: What is your best estimate of the firm's cost of equity? -Select- % % % Quantitative Problem: Barton Industries estimates its cost of common equity by using three approaches: the CAPM, the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach, and the DCF model. Barton expects next year's annual dividend, D₁, to be $2.40 and it expects dividends to grow at a constant rate g = 5.2%. The firm's current common stock price, Po, is $21.00. The current risk-free rate, FRF, = 4.2%; the market risk premium, RPM, = 5.5%, and the firm's stock has a current beta, b, = 1.1. Assume that the firm's cost of debt, rd, is 9.94%. The firm uses a 3.5% risk premium when arriving at a ballpark estimate of its cost of equity using the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach. What is the firm's cost of equity using each of these three approaches? Round your answers to two decimal places. CAPM cost of equity: Bond yield plus risk premium: DCF cost of equity: What is your best estimate of the firm's cost of equity? -Select- % % %

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