Question

The Up and Coming Corporation's common stock has a beta of 0.9. If the risk-free rate is 4 percent and the expected return on the market is 15 percent, what is the company's cost of equity capital? (Do not round your intermediate calculations.)
a) 13.2%
b) 14.46%
c) 17.5%
d) 14.59%
e) 13.9%

Answer 1

Answer:

r = 0.139 or 13.9%

Option e is the correct answer

Explanation:

Using the CAPM, we can calculate the required/expected rate of return on a stock. This is the minimum return required by the investors to invest in a stock based on its systematic risk, the market's risk premium and the risk free rate.  

The formula for required rate of return under CAPM is,

r = rRF + Beta * (rM - rRF)

Where,

• rRF is the risk free rate

• rM is the market return

r = 0.04 + 0.9 * (0.15 - 0.04)

r = 0.139 or 13.9%