Q) The CEO of the Geurts Corporation wants to know what its Cost of Retained Earnings is, when there is the following information:
Rd = 4%
Risk Premium of Rd = 4%
Rf = 3.5%
Market Risk Premium = 4.5%
Beta = 0.8
Last Dividend = $1.80
Growth Rate = 4%
Current Stock Price = $40
a. 7.87%
b. 7.79%
c. 7.93%
d. 7.73%
e. 8.02%
Discounted cash flow approach | |||||
Ks = D1/P0 + g | |||||
(1.8*(1.04))/40 + 0.04 | |||||
0.035 + 0.80*(0.045) | |||||
0.0868 | |||||
CAPM Approach | |||||
Ke = Rf + Beta(Rm - Rf) | |||||
Ke = 0.035 + 0.80(0.045) | |||||
0.071 | |||||
Bond yield plus premium approach | |||||
Ke = 0.04 + 0.04 | |||||
Ke = 0.08 | |||||
Average of the above 3 cost of retained earnings = (0.0868+0.071+0.08)/3 | |||||
7.93% | |||||
Therefore, the cost of retained earnings is 7.93% | |||||
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