Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Markus Company's common stock sold for $2.25 per share at the end of this year. The company paid a common stock dividend of $0.45 per share this year. It also provided the following data excerpts from this year's financial statements: What is the return on equity? (Round your answer to the nearest whole percentage place. i.e., 0.1234 should be considered as (2\%.)