Stock in Country Road Industries has a beta of 0.97. The market risk premium is 10 percent while T-bills are currently yielding 5.5 percent. Country Road's most recent dividend was $1.55 per share, and dividends are expected to grow at a 7 percent annual rate indefinitely. The stock sells for $32 a share. What is the estimated cost of equity using the average of the CAPM approach and the dividend discount approach?

Stock in Country Road Industries has a beta of 0.97. The market risk premium is 10 percent while T-bills are currently yielding 5.5 percent. Country Road's most recent dividend was $1.55 per share, and dividends are expected to grow at a 7 percent annual rate indefinitely. The stock sells for $32 a share. What is the estimated cost of equity using the average of the CAPM approach and the dividend discount approach?





Answer: 13.69 percent


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