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7) Abacus Corp is currently priced at 15.00 per share. They just paid their annual dividend of $1.44. They have been experiencing growth in dividends of 2.6% and expect this to continue. What is the firms cost of equity (dividend growth model)? Answer:E

a) 4.00%

b) 7.58%

c) 9.06%

d) 10.02%

e) 12.45%

8) Sportique Inc. has a stock beta of 1.7. The 10 year treasury bond currently yields 3.9% and analysts believe the S&P 500 should yield about 12% in the future. What is the companys cost of equity using this information? Answer:E

a) 4.59%

b) 7.42%

c) 11.04%

d) 13.62%

e) 17.67%

9) Braun Products only debt is an issue of 6.9% coupon bonds; face value $1,000, with semiannual payments. The issue is currently trading at 95.54. The bonds mature in 5 years. What is the cost of debt for the company? Answer:B

a) 4.0%

b) 8.0%

c) 6.9%

d) 9.5%

e) 2.7%

10) Startup Enterprises plans on paying no dividend for 5 years. Starting in Year 6 the expectation is that dividends will begin at $2.00 share and grow each year at a rate of 4%. What is the current value of the stock if investors require a return of 10% for this type of company? ANS:B a) $ 12.60

b) $ 20.70

c) $ 33.33

d) $40.82

e) $1,104.47