XYZ currently has common stock trading at $40 per share.  XYZ just paid a dividend of $2.00 per share, which is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5%.  XYZ's beta is 1.5, the risk-free rate is 2%, and the market return is expected to be 8%.  The pre-tax yield on XYZ's bonds is 7%.  XYZ's finance department believes that new stock would require a premium of 5% over their own bond yield.  Flotation cost for issuing new stock is 10%. Compute the cost of retained earnings using the capital asset pricing model (show your answer in percent, and to 2 decimal places. Example: 9.62%).

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XYZ currently has common stock trading at $40 per share.  XYZ just paid a dividend of $2.00 per share, which is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5%.  XYZ's beta is 1.5, the risk-free rate is 2%, and the market return is expected to be 8%.  The pre-tax yield on XYZ's bonds is 7%.  XYZ's finance department believes that new stock would require a premium of 5% over their own bond yield.  Flotation cost for issuing new stock is 10%.

Compute the cost of retained earnings using the capital asset pricing model (show your answer in percent, and to 2 decimal places. Example: 9.62%).

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Formula for calculating cost of retained earnings:

Cost of retained earnings = Risk free rate + (beta*(market rate- risk free rate)

 

 

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