Epley Industries stock has a beta of 1.25. The company just paid a dividend of $.40, and the dividends are expected to grow at 5 percent. The expected return on the market is 12 percent, and Treasury bills are yielding 5.8 percent. The most recent stock price for the company is $75. a. Calculate the cost of equity using the DCF method. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.) DCF method % b. Calculate the cost of equity using the SML method.

A. 5.56%

B. 13.55%

Explanation:

In this question, we are asked to calculate the equity cost using the DCF method and the SML method

A. DCF approach

cost of equity =[ D0(1+growth )/ current price] +growth

= [.40 (1+.05) / 70 ] + .05

= [ .42 / 75] + .05

= .0056 +.05

= 0.0556 same as 5.56%

B)SML approach

Cost of equity = Rf +Beta (Rm-Rf)

= 5.8+ 1.25 (12 -5.8 )

= 5.8+ 1.25 *6.2

= 5.8 + 7.75

= 13.55%

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know