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The future earnings, dividends, and common stock price of Callahan Tech Inc. are expected to grow 6% per year. Callahan’s common stock currently sells for $22/share, its last dividend was $2; and it will pay a $2.12 dividend at the end of the current year (same as early next year – this is your D1).
• If the firm’s beta is 1.2, the risk-free rate is 6%, and the average return on the market is 13%, what will be the firm’s cost of common equity using the CAPM approach?
• If the firm’s bonds earn a return of 11%, based on the bond-yield- plus-premium approach, what will be the cost of common equity? (Use the mid-point range for risk premium. That is the risk premium is 4%, which is in the middle of the range of risk premium going from 3% - 5%)
• If you have equal confidence in the inputs used for the three approaches, what is your estimate for Callahan’s cost of common equity?