Epley Industries stock has a beta of 1.20. The company just paid an annual dividend of $.50, and the dividends are expected to grow at 6 percent. The expected return on the market is 11 percent, and Treasury bills are yielding 6.2 percent. The most recent stock price for the company is $79.
Calculate the cost of equity using the discounted cash flow method (Chapter 6). (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
DCF method _ %
Calculate the cost of equity using the Security Market Line (Chapter 13). (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
SML method _ %