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Gardner Electric has a beta of 0.88 and an expected dividend growth rate of 4.00% per year. The T-bill rate is 4.00%, and the T-bond rate is 5.25%. The annual return on the stock market during the past 4 years was 10.25%. Investors expect the average annual future return on the market to be 11.75%. Using the SMI, what is the firm’s required rate of return?
required rate of return = risk free rate + beta * market risk premium
marke risk premium by SML= market return- risk free rate
=11.75%-5.25%
=6.5%
required rate of return = risk free rate + beta * market risk premium
=5.25%+0.88*6.5%
=10.97%