You have risen through the ranks of a coffee company, from the lowly green-apron barista to the coveted black apron, and all the way to CFO. A quick internet check shows that your company's beta is 0.5. The risk-free rate is 5.5% and you believe the market risk premium to be 4.9%. What is your best estimate of investors' expected return on your company's stock (its cost of equity capital)? The expected return is %. (Round to two decimal places.)
You have risen through the ranks of a coffee company, from the lowly green-apron barista to the coveted black apron, and all the way to CFO. A quick internet check shows that your company's beta is 0.5. The risk-free rate is 5.5% and you believe the market risk premium to be 4.9%. What is your best estimate of investors' expected return on your company's stock (its cost of equity capital)? The expected return is %. (Round to two decimal places.)
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![You have risen through the ranks of a coffee company, from the lowly green-apron barista to the coveted black apron, and all the way to CFO. A quick internet check
shows that your company's beta is 0.5. The risk-free rate is 5.5% and you believe the market risk premium to be 4.9%. What is your best estimate of investors' expected
return on your company's stock (its cost of equity capital)?
The expected return is %. (Round to two decimal places.)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Ff14f96e5-5698-42cf-ae8c-40db95e65e9a%2Ff5824f34-e510-43d7-b031-b3287f6351b0%2Fgjl32s_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:You have risen through the ranks of a coffee company, from the lowly green-apron barista to the coveted black apron, and all the way to CFO. A quick internet check
shows that your company's beta is 0.5. The risk-free rate is 5.5% and you believe the market risk premium to be 4.9%. What is your best estimate of investors' expected
return on your company's stock (its cost of equity capital)?
The expected return is %. (Round to two decimal places.)
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