Question

"Stock in Daenerys Industries has a beta of 0.73. The market risk premium is 10 percent, and T-bills are currently yielding 5 percent. The company's most recent dividend was $1.6 per share, and dividends are expected to grow at a 5.5 percent annual rate indefinitely. If the stock sells for $35 per share, what is your best estimate of the company's cost of equity? Use the average from CAPM and Dividend Growth Model calculations."

Answer 1

CAPM = 12.30%

Dividend Growth Model= 10.32%

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the capital asset price model: Expected rate of return = risk free + beta x (market premium)

5% + (0.73 x 10%) = 12.30%

according to the constant dividend growth model

price = d1 / (r - g)

d1 = next dividend to be paid

r = cost of equity

g = growth rate

$35 = $1.6 x (1.055) / (r - 0.055)

r = 1.688 / 35 + 0.055 = 0.1032 = 10.32%