Problem 1. Magee Company's stock has a beta of 1.20, the risk-free rate is 4.50%, and the market risk premium is 5.00%. What is Magee's required return?
10.25%
10.50%
10.75%
11.00%
11.25%
Problem 2. Parr Paper's stock has a beta of 1.40, and its required return is 13.00%. Clover Dairy's stock has a beta of 0.80. If the risk-free rate is 4.00%, what is the required rate of return on Clover's stock? (Hint: First find the market risk premium.)
8.55%
8.71%
8.99%
9.14%
9.33%
Problem 3. Suppose you hold a diversified portfolio consisting of $10,000 invested equally in each of 10 different common stocks. The portfolio's beta is 1.120. Now suppose you decided to sell one of your stocks that has a beta of 1.000 and to use the proceeds to buy a replacement stock with a beta of 1.750. What would the portfolio's new beta be?
0.982
1.017
1.195
1.246
1.519
Problem 4. A mutual fund manager has a $20.0 million portfolio with a beta of 1.50. The risk-free rate is 4.50%, and the market risk premium is 5.50%. The manager expects to receive an additional $5.0 million which she plans to invest in a number of stocks. After investing the additional funds, she wants the fund's required return to be 13.00%. What must the average beta of the new stocks added to the portfolio be to achieve the desired required rate of return?
1.12
1.26
1.37
1.59
1.73
Problem 5. A stock is expected to pay a dividend of $1 at the end of the year. The required rate of return is rs = 11%, and the expected constant growth rate is 5%. What is the current stock price?
$16.67
$18.83
$20.00
$21.67
$23.33
Problem 6. A stock just paid a dividend of $1. The required rate of return is rs = 11%, and the constant growth rate is 5%. What is the current stock price?
$15.00
$17.50
$20.00
$22.50
$25.00
Problem 7. The Lashgari Company is expected to pay a dividend of $1 per share at the end of the year, and that dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5% per year in the future. The company's beta is 1.2, the market risk premium is 5%, and the risk-free rate is 3%. What is the company's current stock price?
$15.00
$20.00
$25.00
$30.00
$35.00
Problem 8. An increase in a firm's expected growth rate would normally cause its required rate of return to
Increase.
Decrease.
Fluctuate.
Remain constant.
Possibly increase, decrease, or have no effect.
Problem 9. If a company's dividend is $2.12 and the price of the company's stock is $40 what is the stock's dividend yield?
5.0%
5.1%
5.3%
5.6%
5.8%
Problem 10. A share of common stock has just paid a dividend of $2.00. If the expected long-run growth rate for this stock is 7%, and if investors require a(n) 11% rate of return, what is the price of the stock?
$47.50
$49.00
$50.50
$52.00
$53.50