Cost of Common Equity The future earnings, dividends, and common stock price of Callahan Technologies Inc. are expected to grow 8% per year, common stock currently sells for $20.25 per share; its last dividend was $2.50; and it will pay a $2.70 dividend at the end of the current year. a. Using the DCE approach, what is its cost of common equity? Do not wound your intermediate calculations. b. If the firm's beta is 2.00, the risk-free rate is 8%, and the average return on the market is 12% what will be the firm's cost of common equity using the CAPM approach? (c) If the firm's bonds earn a return of 12% based on the bond-yield plus risk premium approach, what will be r_1? use the midpoint of the risk premium range Section 10 s in your calculations. d. If you have equal confidence in the inputs used for the three approaches, what your estimate of Callahan's cost of common equity? Do not your intermediate calculations