Walmart's beta is 0.7. The market risk premium is 4.2 %. The appropriate risk-free rate is 0.04 %. What is Walmart's cost of equity?

FlavR Company stock has a beta of 2.14, the current risk-free rate is 2.14 percent, and the expected return on the market is 9.14 percent. What is FlavR Company's cost of equity?

Answer the following a) When will the different DCF methods use the same discount rate? b) The cost of debt (ka) will change as the capital structure of a firm changes. Why or why not? c) Why does the cost of equity (k.) increase as the amount of debt in the capital structure of a firm increases? Why? d) Freebie Inc.'s common stock has a beta of 1.3. If the risk-free rate is 4.5% and the expected return on the market is 12%, what is its cost of equity capital? e) Why do branded food companies command the highest EBIT multiple (about 8) and transportation companies the lowest (about 3)? f) Should a firm use its cost of capital as a hurdle/discount rate to value all internal divisions? Why or why not? g) An option can have more than one source of value. Consider a mining company. The company can mine for ores today or wait another year (or more) to mine. What real options can you identify here? h) Do you consider dividend payments by the firm in calculating cash flows? Why or why not? i)…

XYZ has a beta coefficient of 1.76. Estimate its cost of equity if the risk-free rate is 8% and return on the broad market index is 16%. Calculate the cost of equity.