(Related to Checkpoint 7.2) (Calculating the geometric and arithmetic average rate of return) Marsh Inc. had the following end-of-year stock prices over the last five years and paid no cash dividends: Time Marsh $12 1 2 3 4 5 10 20 5 12 (Click on the icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) a. Calculate the annual rate of return for each year from the above information. b. What is the arithmetic average rate of return earned by investing in Marsh's stock over this period? c. What is the geometric average rate of return earned by investing in Marsh's stock over this period? d. Considering the beginning and ending stock prices for the five-year period are the same, which type of average rate of return (the arithmetic or geometric) better describes the average annual rate of return earned over the period?

(Related to Checkpoint 7.2) (Calculating the geometric and arithmetic average rate of return) Marsh Inc. had the following end-of-year stock prices over the last five years and paid no cash dividends Time 2 Marsh $10 10 20 4 5 10 (Click on the icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet) 7 a Calculate the annual rate of return for each year from the above information. b. What is the arithmetic average rate of retum earned by investing in Marsh's stock over this period? C. What is the geometric average rate of return earned by investing in Marsh's stock over this period? d. Considering the beginning and ending stock prices for the five-year period are the same, which type of average rate of return (the arithmetic or geometric) better describes the average annual rate of return earned over the period? a. The annual rate of return at the end of year 2 is%. (Round to two decimal places.) GILE

Ecolap Inc. (ECL) recently paid a $0.34 dividend. The dividend is expected to grow at a 12.50 percent rate. The current stock price is $42.52. What is the return shareholders are expecting? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

A​ company's stock price rose ​2.8% in​ 2011, and in​ 2012, it increased  79.7​%.a. Compute the geometric mean rate of return for the​ two-year period 2011-2012. ​(Hint: Denote an increase of ​ 79.7% by ​.797.)b. If someone purchased​ $1,000 of the​ company's stock at the start of​ 2011, what was its value at the end of​ 2012?c. Over the same​ period, another company had a geometric mean rate of return of  10.7​%. If someone purchased​ $1,000 of the other​ company's stock, how would its value compare to the value found in part​ (b)?

The future earnings, dividends, and common stock price of Callahan Technologies Inc. are expected to grow 6% per year. Callahan's common stock currently sells for $25.75 per share; its last dividend was $2.00; and it will pay a $2.12 dividend at the end of the current year. Using the DCF approach, what is its cost of common equity? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.  % If the firm's beta is 1.1, the risk-free rate is 3%, and the average return on the market is 14%, what will be the firm's cost of common equity using the CAPM approach? Round your answer to two decimal places.  % If the firm's bonds earn a return of 12%, based on the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach, what will be rs? Use the judgmental risk premium of 4% in your calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.  % If you have equal confidence in the inputs used for the three approaches, what is your estimate of Callahan's cost of common equity? Do not round…

BioScience Inc. will pay a common stock dividend of $4.45 at the end of the year (D₁). The required return on common stock (x) is 16 percent. The firm has a constant growth rate (g) of 8 percent. Compute the current price of the stock (Po). (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Current price Prev 9 of 10 MacBook Air Next >

Carnes Cosmetics Co.'s stock price is $44, and it recently paid a $1.25 dividend. This dividend is expected to grow by 18% for the next 3 years, then grow forever at a constant rate, g; and rs = 16%. At what constant rate is the stock expected to grow after Year 3? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

Suppose that a firm's recent earnings per share and dividend per share are $2.55 and $1.40, respectively. Both are expected to grow at 11 percent. However, the firm's current P/E ratio of 15 seems high for this growth rate. The P/E ratio is expected to fall to 11 within five years. Compute the dividends over the next five years. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 3 decimal places.) Years First year Second year Third year Fourth year Fifth year Dividends

Gee-Gee common stock returned a nifty 21.77 percent rate of return last year. The dividend amount was $1.96 a share which equated to a dividend yield of 2.05 percent. What was the rate of price appreciation for the year? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

The price of the stock of Clarkson Corporation went from P50 to P56 last year. In the following year, the dividend was raised to P2.25. However, a bear market developed toward the end of the year, and the stock price declined from P56.00 at the beginning of the year to P48.00 at the end of the year. What is the rate of return (loss) to stockholders?