BETA AND REQUIRED RATE OF RETURN
a. A stock has a required return of 9%; the risk-free rate is
5%; and the market risk premium is 3%. What is the stock's beta?
Round your answer to two decimal places.
b. If the market risk premium increased to 10%, what would
happen to the stock's required rate of return? Assume that the
risk-free rate and the beta remain unchanged. If the stock's beta
is equal to 1.0, then the change in...
Constant Growth Stock Valuation
Investors require a 14% rate of return on Brooks Sisters' stock
(rs = 14%).
What would the estimated value of Brooks' stock be if the
previous dividend was D0 = $1.75 and if investors expect
dividends to grow at a constant annual rate of (1) - 6%, (2) 0%,
(3) 5%, or (4) 10%? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round
your answers to the nearest cent.
$
$
$
$
Using data from Part a, what...
Problem 9-12
Valuation of a constant growth stock
Investors require a 18% rate of return on Levine Company's stock
(i.e., rs = 18%).
What is its value if the previous dividend was D0 =
$3.00 and investors expect dividends to grow at a constant annual
rate of (1) -5%, (2) 0%, (3) 3%, or (4) 11%? Round your answers to
two decimal places.
(1) $
(2) $
(3) $
(4) $
Using data from part a, what would the Gordon...
1) A stock will pay constant dividends of $6 every year. Its
required rate of return (a.k.a., cost of capital, discount rate) is
23%. What is the value of the stock? Round to the penny.
2) A stock just paid a dividend of $7, and dividends will
increase by 2% every year. Its required rate of return is 11%. What
is the value of the stock? Round to the penny.
3) A stock will pay a dividend of $2 in...
Konkola Copper Mines’ required rate of return is 14% and the
dividend growth is at a rate of 25% for 4 years and then it dropped
to a constant growth rate of 8% thereafter. The most recently paid
dividend was K0.52. Find the value of the stock?
Assume that Techtron is a constant growth company with a
required rate of return of 13 percent whose last dividend (D0,
which was paid yesterday) was $2.00, and whose dividend is expected
to grow indefinitely at a 5 percent rate.
a. What is the firm’s expected dividend stream over the next 3
years?
b. What is the firm’s current stock price?
c. What is the stock's expected value 1 year from
now?
d. What are the expected dividend yield, the...
A stock has a required return of 9%; the risk-free rate is 3%;
and the market risk premium is 3%.
What is the stock's beta? Round your answer to two decimal
places.
If the market risk premium increased to 8%, what would happen
to the stock's required rate of return? Assume the risk-free rate
and the beta remain unchanged.
If the stock's beta is equal to 1.0, then the change in
required rate of return will be greater than the...
A stock has a required return of 13%, the risk-free rate is 6%,
and the market risk premium is 4%. What is the stock's beta? Round
your answer to two decimal places. New stock's required rate of
return will be
A stock has a constant dividend of $3.25 per year forever. Your
required rate of return is 9%. How much would you pay today for
this stock?
A. $30.00
B. $36.11
C. $41.67
D. $52.40
Beta and required rate of return
A stock has a required return of 12%; the risk-free rate is
2.5%; and the market risk premium is 3%.
What is the stock's beta? Round your answer to two decimal
places.
B. If the market risk premium increased to 9%, what would happen
to the stock's required rate of return? Assume that the risk-free
rate and the beta remain unchanged.
1. If the stock's beta is equal to 1.0, then the change in...