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Suppose Scoggins Telecom just paid a $5 dividend that is expected to grow every year in the future by 3%. The risk-free rate is 2%. The stock market has been returning 8%. The Beta of Scoggins is 1.15. What should be the price of this stock?
Select one:
a. $250.00
b. $84.74
c. $87.29
d. $80.64
Ans c. $87.29
| Cost of Equity = | Risk free Return + (Market Return - Risk free return)* Beta | 
| Cost of Equity = | 2% + (8% - 2%) * 1.15 | 
| Cost of Equity = | 8.90% | 
| P0 = | Price of Share | 
| D1 = | Current Dividend | 
| Ke = | Cost of Equity | 
| g = | growth rate | 
| P0 = | D1 / (Ke - g) | 
| P0 = | 5.15 / (8.90%- 3%) | 
| P0 = | 87.29 | 
| D1 = | D0* (1 + g) | 
| D1 = | 5* (1 + 3%) | 
| D1 = | 5.1500 |