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The following table provides information about two companies, ABC Ltd and XYZ Ltd: Current year's earnings per share Prior year's earnings per share Actual return in share price for the current vear0.0970.078 $7.10 $7.00 XYZ Ltd $3.97 $5.50 We also know that the estimated market model equations for each of these companies is as follows For ABC Ltd: For XYZ Ltd: E(R) 0.0581.075 *Rm E(R) 0.087 1.576* Rm Where E(R) is the expected return for the company in the current year; and Rm is the return on the market for the current year