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Watsonville Farming has just paid an annual dividend of $1.5 per share. Analysts expect the firm's dividends to grow by 7% forever. Its stock price

Watsonville Farming has just paid an annual dividend of $1.5 per share. Analysts expect the firm's dividends to grow by 7% forever. Its stock price is $73.34 and its beta is 1.6. The risk-free rate is 3% and the expected return on the market portfolio is 8%. Its bonds have a yield to maturity of 4%, and the risk-premium of Watsonville's stock over its bonds is 6%.


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