Floyd Industries stock has a beta of 1.3. The company just paid a dividend of $.30, and the dividends are expected to grow at 4 percent per year. The expected return on the market is 13 percent, and Treasury bills are yielding 5.1 percent. The current price of the company's stock is $68.
a. Calculate the cost of equity using the DDM method. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
DDM method _________ %
b. Calculate the cost of equity using the SML method. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
SML method _________ %