Booher Book Stores has a beta of 0.6. The yield on a 3-month T-bill is 4% and the yield on a 10-year T-bond is 6%. The market risk premium is 5.5%, and the return on an average stock in the market last year was 15%. What is the estimated cost of common equity using the CAPM? Round your answer to two decimal places.

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Calculate the required rate of return for Mudd Enterprises assuming that investors expect a 4.3% rate of inflation in the future. The real risk-free rate is 2.0%, and the market risk premium is 7.0%. Mudd has a beta of 1.2, and its realized rate of return has averaged 12.0% over the past 5 years. Round your answer to two decimal places.

The level of the Syldavian market index is 21,600 at the start of the year and 26,100 at the end. The dividend yield on the index is 4.3%. a. What is the return on the index over the year? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Retur b. If the interest rate is 5%, what is the risk premium over the year? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Risk Premium % Real Return % c. If the inflation rate is 7%, what is the real return on the index over the year? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) %

The risk-free rate of return (r) is 2% and the expected market rate of return (rm) is 10%. The shares A, B and C all pay a dividend (D) of $6 a year. The betas for the shares are: A = 0.2; f = 1.0; and ?c = 1.8. The shares are all trading at the same price (P) of $60.Requirements. Answer the following questions:Q1. What are the expected returns on A, B and C?Q2. What are the expected prices of A, B and C?Q3. What action would you recommend for A?Q4. What action would you recommend for B?Q5. What action would you recommend for C?

A company's 5-year bonds are yielding 10% per year. Treasury bonds with the same maturity are yielding 5.8% per year, and the real risk-free rate (r*) is 2.85%. The average inflation premium is 2.55%, and the maturity risk premium is estimated to be 0.1 × (t - 1)%, where t = number of years to maturity. If the liquidity premium is 0.4%, what is the default risk premium on the corporate bonds? Round your answer to two decimal places.

Jersey Jewel Mining has a beta coefficient of 1.5. Currently the risk-free rate is 4 percent and the anticipated return on the market is 6 percent. JJM pays a $5.00 dividend that is growing at 3 percent annually. Do not round intermediate calculations.   What is the required return for JJM? Round your answer to two decimal places.     %   Given the required return, what is the value of the stock? Round your answer to the nearest cent.   $     If the stock is selling for $159, what should you do?   The stock  overvalued and  be purchased.   If the beta coefficient declines to 1.2, what is the new value of the stock? Round your answer to the nearest cent.   $     If the price remains $159, what course of action should you take given the valuation in d?   The stock is  and  be purchased.

You are going to value Lauryn's Doll Co. using the FCF model. After consulting various sources, you find that Lauryn's has a reported equity beta of 1.5, a debt-to-equity ratio of .4, and a tax rate of 21 percent. Assume a risk-free rate of 5 percent and a market risk premium of 7 percent. Lauryn's Doll Co. had EBIT last year of $46 million, which is net of a depreciation expense of $4.6 million. In addition, Lauryn's made $6.25 million in capital expenditures and increased net working capital by $3.6 million. Assume the FCF is expected to grow at a rate of 3 percent into perpetuity. What is the value of the firm? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer in millions rounded to 2 decimal places.) Firm value million

Calculate the required rate of return for Mudd Enterprises assuming that investors expect a 3.4% rate of inflation in the future. The real risk-free rate is 2.0%, and the market risk premium is 6.0%. Mudd has a beta of 1.5, and its realized rate of return has averaged 9.0% over the past 5 years. Round your answer to two decimal places.

Treasury bill rates are 1.3​%. The expected return of the market is 5.9​%. If Waltham Corporation has a beta that is 25​% higher than the​ market, what return should investors expect from Waltham Corporation stock to two decimal​ places?