Ginger Industries stock has a beta of 1.08. The company just paid a dividend of $.85, and

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Ginger Industries stock has a beta of 1.08. The company just paid a dividend of $.85, and the dividends are expected to grow at 4 percent. The expected return on the market is 11.3 percent, and Treasury bills are yielding 3.4 percent. The most recent stock price for the company is $72.

a. Calculate the cost of equity using the DCF method.

b. Calculate the cost of equity using the SML method.

c. Why do you think your estimates in parts (a) and (b) are so different?

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Fundamentals Of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9781265553609

13th Edition

Authors: Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Bradford Jordan

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