a. What is the market risk premium? Show your work. b. What is the cost of equity for XYZ? Show your work. c. What is the stock XYZ risk premium? Show your work. d. Draw the graph of the Security Market Line and show the stock of XYZ on the graph

Essentials Of Investments
11th Edition
ISBN:9781260013924
Author:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Chapter1: Investments: Background And Issues
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1PS
icon
Related questions
Question

The rate of return on the market stock index is 13 percent. The rate of return on a risk-free
bank account is 1%. The B (beta) of stock XYZ is 1.5. Use the data to answer the questions
below.
a. What is the market risk premium? Show your work.
b. What is the cost of equity for XYZ? Show your work.
c. What is the stock XYZ risk premium? Show your work.
d. Draw the graph of the Security Market Line and show the stock of XYZ on the graph.
The end-of-year dividend on stock ABC is expected to be $0.8. The growth rate of dividend is
expected to be 5 percent for ever. The current price of the ABC stock is $10. Use the data to
answer the questions below.
e. What is the cost of equity for stock ABC? Show your work.
f. Suppose stock KLM has the same end-of-year dividend, dividend growth rate and
price as stock ABC, but the risk of KLM stock is much greater than of the ABC stock.
What is your estimate of the cost of equity of stock KLM using the method at part e?
Do you agree with the valuation of the cost of equity? Justify your opinion

Expert Solution
Step 1: Introduction

Please note that only 1 question can be solved under the Answering Guidelines. 

The solution to stock XYZ questions are given below. 

Using CAPM formula, we can solve this question. 

steps

Step by step

Solved in 3 steps with 2 images

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Classification of Risk
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, finance and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
  • SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Essentials Of Investments
Essentials Of Investments
Finance
ISBN:
9781260013924
Author:
Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:
Mcgraw-hill Education,
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
FUNDAMENTALS OF CORPORATE FINANCE
Finance
ISBN:
9781260013962
Author:
BREALEY
Publisher:
RENT MCG
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Financial Management: Theory & Practice
Finance
ISBN:
9781337909730
Author:
Brigham
Publisher:
Cengage
Foundations Of Finance
Foundations Of Finance
Finance
ISBN:
9780134897264
Author:
KEOWN, Arthur J., Martin, John D., PETTY, J. William
Publisher:
Pearson,
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou…
Finance
ISBN:
9781337395250
Author:
Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i…
Finance
ISBN:
9780077861759
Author:
Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education