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Integrative—Risk and Valuation
Given the following information for the stock of Foster Company, calculate the risk premium on its common stock.
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Current price per share of common stock | $54.71 | |
Expected dividend per share next year | $2.38 | |
Constant annual dividend growth rate | 7.1% | |
Risk-free rate of return | 4.3% |
Price of stock = Expected dividend / (Ke - g)
$54.71 = $2.38 / (Ke - 0.071)
54.71(Ke - 0.071) = 2.38
54.71Ke - 3.88441 = 2.38
54.71Ke = 2.38 + 3.88441
54.71Ke = 6.26441
Ke = 6.26441 / 54.71
Ke = 0.1145 or 11.45%
Risk premium = Expected rate of return - Risk-free rate of return
Risk premium = 11.45% - 4.3%
Risk premium = 7.15%