Question

Stock Y has a beta of 1.2 and an expected return of 14.5 percent. Stock Z has a beta of .7 and an expected return of 9.3 percent. If the risk-free rate is 5.6 percent and the market risk premium is 6.6 percent, the reward-to-risk ratios for stocks Y and Z are and percent, respectively. Since the SML reward-to-risk is percent, Stock Y is and Stock Z is . (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Answer 1

Answer:

Reward to risk ratio = (Expected return - Risk free rate) / Beta  

Reward to risk ratio of Y = ( 0.145 - 0.056) / 1.2

Reward to risk ratio of Y = 0.089 / 1.2

Reward to risk ratio of Y = 0.0741666

Reward to risk ratio of Y = 7.42%

Reward to risk ratio of Z = (0.093 - 0.056) / 0.7

Reward to risk ratio of Z = 0.037 / 0.7

Reward to risk ratio of Z = 0.0528571

Reward to risk ratio of Z = 5.29%

Security market line (SML) reward-to-risk ratio is the market risk premium itself which is 6.6%.

Stock Y has a reward-to-risk ratio that is higher than the market risk premium, it is currently under-valued in the market. Similarly, since stock Z has a reward-to-risk ratio that is lower than the market risk premium, it is currently over-valued in the market.