Cartwright Brothers’ stock is currently selling for $31 a share. The stock is expected to pay a $4 dividend at the end of the year. The stock’s dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 8 percent a year forever. The risk-free rate is 6 percent and the market risk premium is also 6 percent. What is the stock’s beta?
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Formulas:
As per Gordon Growth Model of Stock Valuation:
P=D1/(Re-g)
P= price of the share.
D1= dividend
g= Growth rate
Re= cost of capital.
P=D1/(Re-g)
As per CAPM model:
Re= Rf+(Rm-Rf)B
Re= required rate of return.
Rf= Risk-free rate.
Rm = return on the market.
Rm-Rf =Market Risk Premium.
B = Beta, systematic risk.
Beta= 2.48 (Answer).
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