4. The cost of retained earnings If a firm cannot invest retained earnings to earn a rate of return should return those funds to its stockholders. the required rate of return on retained earnings, it The cost of equity using the CAPM approach The current risk-free rate of return (IRP) is 4.67% while the market risk premium is 6.63%. The Burnis Company has a beta of 1.56. Using the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) approach, Burris's cost of equity is The cost of equity using the bond yield plus risk premium approach The Taylor Company is closely held and, therefore, cannot generate reliable inputs with which to use the CAPM method for estimating a company's cost of internal equity. Taylor's bonds yield 11.52%, and the firm's analysts estimate that the firm's risk premium on its stock over its bonds is 5.89. Based on the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach, Taylor's cost of internal equity is: 0 20.89% O 17.41% O 21.76% 19.15% Tucker Enterprises's stock is currently selling for $45.56 per share, and the firm expects its per-share dividend to be $2.35 in one year. Analysts project the firm's growth rate to be constant at 5.72%. Using the cost of equity using the discounted cash flow (or dividend growth) approach, what is Tucker's cost of internal equity? O 13.60% 11.42% O 10.88% O 14.69% Estimating growth rates It is often difficult to estimate the expected future dividend growth rate for use in estimating the cost of existing equity using the DCF or DG approach. In general, there are three available methods to generate such an estimate: Carry forward a historical realized growth rate, and apply it to the future. Locate and apply an expected future growth rate prepared and published by security analysts. Use the retention growth model. Suppose Tucker is currently distributing 70% of its earnings in the form of cash dividends. It has also historically generated an average return on equity (ROE) of 22%. Tucker's estimated growth rate is % True or False: The following statement accurately describes how firms make decisions related to issuing new common stock. If a firm needs additional capital from equity sources once its retained earnings breakpoint is reached, it will have to raise the capital by issuing new common stock O False: Firms raise capital from retained earnings only when they cannot issue new common stock due to market conditions outside of their control. True: Firms will raise all the equity they can from retained earnings before issuing new common stock, because capital from retained earnings is cheaper than capital raised from issuing new common stock. White Lion Homebuilders is considering investing in a one-year project that requires an initial investment of $500,000. To do so, it will have to issue new common stock and will incur a flotation cost of 2.00%. At the end of the year, the projec[is expected to produce a cash inflow of $595,000. The rate of return that White Lion expects to earn on its project (net of its flotation costs) is (rounded to two decimal places). Alpha Moose Transporters has a current stock price of $33.35 per share, and is expected to pay a per-share dividend of $2.45 at the end of the year. The company's earnings' and dividends' growth rate are expected to grow at the constant rate of 8.70% into the foreseeable future. If Alpha Moose expects to incur flotation costs of 3.750% of the value of its newly-raised equity funds, then the flotation-adjusted (net) cost of its new common stock (rounded to two decimal places) should be White Lion Homebuilders Co.'s addition to earnings for this year is expected to be $420,000. Its target capital structure consists of 50% debt, 5% preferred, and 45% equity. Determine White Lion Homebuilders's retained earnings breakpoint: O $1,026,666 933.333 0 $1,073,333 O $1,166,666