1. If Granite Mercantile just paid an annual dividend of $2.5 a share, expects to pay dividends forever and expects to increase the dividend by 3 percent annually. Stocks similar to Granite Mercantile have an expected return of 11.3 percent. What is the current value of this stock?
2. Theta Analytics is currently traded at $29.59 per share. Theta anticipates paying a cash dividend of $2.3 at the end of the year, with that amount growing at 2.3 percent per year forever after. What is the cost of equity capital in percent?