The dividend growth rate is expected to be 2.2% a year.
Preferred stock sells for $178 and pays an annual dividend of
$21.
There are currently 20 year 5.77% coupon bonds, with a face value
of $1,000, that pay semi-annual payments and are non-callable
available at a price of $1,015.25. The bond-yield risk premium is
3%.
The current risk free rate is .2% and the market risk premium is
5.7%.
Clorox has a target capital structure of 30% debt, 7% preferred
stock and 63% common equity.
Clorox has a current stock price of $205.44 per share. The stock
has a Beta of .56 and pays a dividend of $3.84 per year. Clorox has
a tax rate of
20%
Using the information provided about Clorox, what is Clorox's
weighted average cost of
capital? Using
the Clorox information provided, what is their cost of common
equity using the bond-yield - plus- risk premium method?
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