Problem 1. Assume that company A has a beta coefficient of 1.2, that the risk free rate is 7.0 % and that the market risk premium is 5 percent. What is the required rate of return on the firm's stock?
Problem 2. Assume that company A is a constant growth company whose last dividend which was paid yesterday as $2.00 and whose dividend is expected to grow indefinitely at a 6% rate.
- What is the firm's expected dividend stream over the next 3 years?
- What is the firm's current stock price?
- What is the stock's expected value 1 year from now?
- What are the expected dividend yield, the capital gains yield and the total return during the 1st year?