You are thinking of buying a stock priced at $105 per share. Assume that the risk-free rate is about 5.5% and the market risk premium is 6.8%. If you think the stock will rise to $124 per share by the end of the year, at which time it will pay a $1.93 dividend, what beta would it need to have for this expectation to be consistent with the CAPM?
The beta is (Round to two decimal places.)