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Suppose that a financial analyst collected the following data: rate of return on T-bill is 2.5% Market risk premium is = 5%; company's beta is 0.7; D1 = $2.00; current stock price is $30.00; future growth of dividends is 6%.
Cost of equity = (D1 / share price) + growth rate
Cost of equity = (2 / 30) + 0.06
Cost of equity = 0.1267 or 12.67%