Question

You consider buying a share of stock at a price of $24. The stock is expected to pay a dividend of $1.32 next year, and your advisory service tells you that you can expect to sell the stock in 1 year for $27. The stock's beta is 0.6, rf is 10%, and E[rm] = 20%. What is the stock's abnormal return?

Answer 1

Answer:

2%

Explanation:

Actual return = [(Dividend + Capital gain) / Purchase price] * 100

= [($1.32 + $27 - $24) / $24] * 100

= 18%

Expected return = rf + Beta*(E(rm) - rf)

= 10% + 0.6*(20% - 10%)

= 16%

Abnormal return = Actual return - Expected return

Abnormal return = 18% - 16%

Abnormal return = 2%