Suppose Stark Ltd. just issued a dividend of $2.57 per share on its common stock. The company paid dividends of $2.20, $2.31, $2.38, and $2.49 per share in the last four years.
1) If the stock currently sells for $65, what is your best estimate of the company's cost of equity capital using the arithmetic average growth rate in dividends?
2) What if you use the geometric average growth rate?