Answer:
Cost of equity = 13.6%
Explanation:
<em>We will work out the cost of equity, using the the dividend valuation model. The model states that the value of a stock is the present value of the future divided discounted at the cost of equity.</em>
The model is given below:
P = D× (1+g)/(r-g)
P- price of stock, D- dividend payable now, g- growth rate in dividend, r- cost of equity
<em>So we substitute </em>
14.65 = 1.48× (1+r)/(r-0.021)
<em>cross multiplying</em>
(r-0.021)× 14.65 = 1.48 × (1+r)
14.65r - 0.30765
= 1.48 + 1.48r
<em>collecting like terms</em>
14.65r - 1.48r = 1.48 + 0.30765
13.17
r = 1.78765
<em>Divide both sides by 13.17
</em>
r =1.78
/13.17= 0.135
r=0.135× 100= 13.6
Cost of equity = 13.6%
=0.135736522
