Fundamentals of Corporate Finance
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780077861704
Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Answer the following.
i) The future earnings, dividends, and common stock price of Nabeel Inc. are expected to grow 7% per year. Common stock currently sells for $23.00 per share; its last dividend was $2.00.
a) Using the DCF approach, what is its cost of common equity?
b) If the firm’s beta is 1.6, the risk-free rate is 9%, and the average return on the market is 13%, what will be the firm’s cost of common equity using the CAPM approach?
c) If the firm’s bonds earn a return of 12%, based on the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach, what will be rs?
d) If you have equal confidence in the inputs used for the three approaches, what is your estimate of cost of common equity?
Problem 1:
Nachman Industries just paid a dividend of Do = $1.32. Analysts expect the company's dividend to
grow by 30% this year, by 10% in Year 2, and at a constant rate of 5% in Year 3 and thereafter. The
required return on this low-risk stock is 9.00%. What is the best estimate of the stock's current market
value?
Calculating Cost of Equity:
Stock in Daenery’s Industries has a beta of 0.95. The market risk premium is 7 percent, and T-bills are currently yielding 3.6 percent. The company’s most recent dividend was $2.05 per share, and dividends are expected to grow at an annual rate of 4.1 perent indefinitely. If the stock sells for $39 per share, what is your best estimate of the company’s cost of equity?
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