5: 6: The future earnings, dividends, and common stock price of Carpetto Technologies Inc. are expected...

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5: 6: The future earnings, dividends, and common stock price of Carpetto Technologies Inc. are expected to grow 8.60% per year. Carpetto's common stock currently sells for $43.00 per share and its last dividend was $2.80. a. Using the DCF approach, what is its cost of common equity? b. If the firm's beta is 2.80, the risk-free rate is 5.00%, and the average return on the market is 10.00 %, what will be the firm's cost of common equity using the CAPM approach? c. If the firm's bonds earn a return of 7.80%, based on the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach, what will be r,? Use the midpoint of the risk premium range. d. If you have equal confidence in the inputs used for the three approaches, what is your estimate of Carpetto's cost of common equity? a)15.11%; b)19.11% ; c) 11.80% ; d) 15.30% a)13.65%; b)16.00%; c) 7.20%; d)12.18% a)15.06%; b)31.00%; c) 11.60%; d) 19.22% a)15.67% ; b) 19.00 % ; c) 11.80 % ; d) 15.49% 5: 6: The future earnings, dividends, and common stock price of Carpetto Technologies Inc. are expected to grow 8.60% per year. Carpetto's common stock currently sells for $43.00 per share and its last dividend was $2.80. a. Using the DCF approach, what is its cost of common equity? b. If the firm's beta is 2.80, the risk-free rate is 5.00%, and the average return on the market is 10.00 %, what will be the firm's cost of common equity using the CAPM approach? c. If the firm's bonds earn a return of 7.80%, based on the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach, what will be r,? Use the midpoint of the risk premium range. d. If you have equal confidence in the inputs used for the three approaches, what is your estimate of Carpetto's cost of common equity? a)15.11%; b)19.11% ; c) 11.80% ; d) 15.30% a)13.65%; b)16.00%; c) 7.20%; d)12.18% a)15.06%; b)31.00%; c) 11.60%; d) 19.22% a)15.67% ; b) 19.00 % ; c) 11.80 % ; d) 15.49%