The following financial information is available on Rawls Manufacturing Company: Current per share market price $48.00 Current per share dividend $3.50 Current per share earnings $6.00 Beta 1.1 Expected rate of return on market 12.0% Risk-free rate 6.0% Expected long-term growth rate 5.0% Rawls can issue new common stock to net the company $44 per share. Determine the cost of external equity capital using the dividend capitalization model approach. (Compute answer to the nearest 0.1%.) Question 12Answer a. 13.4% b. 12.6% c. 12.7% d. 14.4%

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The following financial information is available on Rawls Manufacturing Company: Current per share market price $48.00 Current per share dividend $3.50 Current per share earnings $6.00 Beta 1.1 Expected rate of return on market 12.0% Risk-free rate 6.0% Expected long-term growth rate 5.0% Rawls can issue new common stock to net the company $44 per share. Determine the cost of external equity capital using the dividend capitalization model approach. (Compute answer to the nearest 0.1%.) Question 12Answer
 
a. 13.4%
b. 12.6%
c. 12.7%
d. 14.4%      
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