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Aluminum maker Alcoa has a beta of about 1.81, whereas Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.46. If the expected excess return of the market portfolio is 4%, which of these firms has a higher equity cost of capital, and how much higher is it? Alcoa's equity cost of capital is (%. (Round to two decimal places.) Hormel's equity cost of capital is %. (Round to two decimal places.) Therefore, menus and has the higher equity cost of capital by percentage points. (Select from the drop-down imal places.) Alcoa Hormel