A stock has a required return of 13%, the risk-free rate is 7.5%, and the market risk premium is 3%.
Stock's required rate of return will be ? %.
a. Required Return = risk free rate + market risk premium*beta
13% = 7.5% + 3% * beta
Beta = (13%-7.5%)/3%
= 1.833333
Answer = 1.83
b. If the market risk premium increased to 7%, Required Return would be
= risk free rate + market risk premium*beta
= 7.5% + 7%* 1.83333
= 20.33%
Answer = 20.33%
change in required rate of return = 20.33%-13%
= 7.33%
change in the market risk premium = 7%-3%
= 4%
The change in required rate of return is greater than the change in the market risk premium and the beta is greater than 1.0
Hence the correct answer is :
II. If the stock's beta is greater than 1.0, then the change in required rate of return will be greater than the change in the market risk premium.
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