What is the required rate of return on clovers stock

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Question 1. Magee Company's stock has a beta of 1.20, the risk-free rate is 4.50%, and the market risk premium is 5.00%. What is Magee's required return?

• 10.25%
• 10.50%
• 10.75%
• 11.00%
• 11.25%

Question 2. Parr Paper's stock has a beta of 1.40, and its required return is 13.00%. Clover Dairy's stock has a beta of 0.80. If the risk-free rate is 4.00%, what is the required rate of return on Clover's stock? (Hint: First find the market risk premium.)

• 8.55%
• 8.71%
• 8.99%
• 9.14%
• 9.33%

Question 3. Suppose you hold a diversified portfolio consisting of $10,000 invested equally in each of 10 different common stocks. The portfolio's beta is 1.120. Now suppose you decided to sell one of your stocks that has a beta of 1.000 and to use the proceeds to buy a replacement stock with a beta of 1.750. What would the portfolio's new beta be?

• 0.982
• 1.017
• 1.195
• 1.246
• 1.519

Question 4. A mutual fund manager has a $20.0 million portfolio with a beta of 1.50. The risk-free rate is 4.50%, and the market risk premium is 5.50%. The manager expects to receive an additional $5.0 million which she plans to invest in a number of stocks. After investing the additional funds, she wants the fund's required return to be 13.00%. What must the average beta of the new stocks added to the portfolio be to achieve the desired required rate of return?

• 1.12
• 1.26
• 1.37
• 1.59
• 1.73

Question 5. A stock is expected to pay a dividend of $1 at the end of the year. The required rate of return is rs = 11%, and the expected constant growth rate is 5%. What is the current stock price?

• $16.67
• $18.83
• $20.00
• $21.67
• $23.33

Question 6. A stock just paid a dividend of $1. The required rate of return is rs = 11%, and the constant growth rate is 5%. What is the current stock price?

• $15.00
• $17.50
• $20.00
• $22.50
• $25.00

Question 7. The Lashgari Company is expected to pay a dividend of $1 per share at the end of the year, and that dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5% per year in the future. The company's beta is 1.2, the market risk premium is 5%, and the risk-free rate is 3%. What is the company's current stock price?

• $15.00
• $20.00
• $25.00
• $30.00
• $35.00

Question 8. An increase in a firm's expected growth rate would normally cause its required rate of return to

• Increase.
• Decrease.
• Fluctuate.
• Remain constant.
• Possibly increase, decrease, or have no effect.

Question 9. If a company's dividend is $2.12 and the price of the company's stock is $40 what is the stock's dividend yield?

• 5.0%
• 5.1%
• 5.3%
• 5.6%
• 5.8%

Question 10. A share of common stock has just paid a dividend of $2.00. If the expected long-run growth rate for this stock is 7%, and if investors require a(n) 11% rate of return, what is the price of the stock?

• $47.50
• $49.00
• $50.50
• $52.00
• $53.50