Corporate Finance
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780132992473
Author: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 12, Problem 10P
You need to estimate the equity cost or capital for XYZ Corp. You have the following data available regarding past returns:
- a. What was XYZ’s average historical return?
- b. Compute the market’s and XYZ’s excess returns for each year. Estimate XYZ’s beta.
- c. Estimate XYZ’s historical alpha.
- d. Suppose the current risk-free rate is 3%, and you expect the market's return to be 8%. Use the
CAPM to estimate an expected return for XYZ Corp.’s stock. - e. Would you base your estimate of XYZ’s equity cost of capital on your answer in part (a) or in part (d)? How does your answer to part (c) affect your estimate? Explain.
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Assume that you are using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) to find the expected return for a share of common stock. Your research shows the following:
Beta = βi = 1.54
Risk free rate = Rf = 2.5% per year
Market return = E(RM) = 6.5% per year
Based on this information, answer the following:
A. Based on the beta, how does the stock's risk compare to the market overall? On what do you base your answer?
B. Based on the beta, how would you expect the stock's returns to react to a decrease in returns in the market overall? Why?
C. According to the CAPM and the information given above, what is the expected return E(Ri) for this stock?
D. If the required rate of return on this stock were 7% per year, would you invest? Why or why not?
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Corporate Finance
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