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Suppose a firm’s stock is selling for $36.70. They just paid a $3.15 dividend and dividends are expected to grow at 4% per year. What is the required return?
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 A) 4%  | 
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 B) 8.748%  | 
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 C) 8.583%  | 
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 D) 12.583%  | 
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 E) 12.926%  | 
Ans E) 12.926%
| P0 = | Price of Share | 
| D1 = | Current Dividend | 
| Ke = | Cost of Equity | 
| g = | growth rate | 
| P0 = | D1 / (Ke - g) | 
| 36.70 = | 3.276 / (Ke - 4%) | 
| Ke - 4% = | 3.276 / 36.70 | 
| Ke - 4% = | 8.926% | 
| Ke = | 8.926% + 4% | 
| Ke = | 12.926% | 
| D1 = | D0 ( 1 + g) | 
| 3.15 * (1 + 4%) | |
| $3.2760 |