1. Arrow Fashions is expected to pay an annual dividend of $2.50 a share next year. The market price of the stock is $35.00 and the growth rate is 3.0 percent. What is the firm's cost of equity?
2. Stark Industries has paid annual dividends of $1.24, $1.30, $1.4, and $1.5 per share over the last four years, respectively. The stock is currently selling for $15 a share. What is this firm's cost of equity?