Question

Epley Industries stock has a beta of 1.30. The company just paid a dividend of $.30, and the dividends are expected to grow at 4 percent. The expected return on the market is 13 percent, and Treasury bills are yielding 6.3 percent. The most recent stock price for the company is $80. a. Calculate the cost of equity using the DCF method. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) DCF method % b. Calculate the cost of equity using the SML method. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) SML method

Answer 1

Answer:

The cost of equity using the DCF method: 4.39%.

The cost of equity using the SML method: 15.01%.

Explanation:

a. The cost of equity using the DCF method:

We have: Current stock price = Next year dividend payment / ( Cost of equity - Growth rate) <=> Cost of equity = Next year dividend payment/Current stock price + Growth rate = 0.3 x 1.04/80 + 4% = 4.39%.

b. The cost of equity using the SML method:

Cost of equity = Risk free rate + beta x ( Market return - risk free rate); in which Risk free rate is rate on T-bill.

=> Cost of equity = 6.3% + 1.3 x ( 13% -6.3%) = 15.01%.