Barton Industries estimates its cost of common equity by using three approaches: the CAPM, the bond-yield-plus-risk-prem

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Barton Industries estimates its cost of common equity by using three approaches: the CAPM, the bond-yield-plus-risk-prem

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Barton Industries estimates its cost of common equity by
using three approaches: the CAPM, the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium
approach, and the DCF model. Barton expects next year's annual
dividend, D1, to be $2.40 and it expects dividends to
grow at a constant rate g = 4.4%. The firm's current common stock
price, P0, is $20.00. The current risk-free rate,
rRF, = 4.7%; the market risk premium, RPM, =
6.1%, and the firm's stock has a current beta, b, = 1.30. Assume
that the firm's cost of debt, rd, is 17.07%. The firm
uses a 3.1% risk premium when arriving at a ballpark estimate of
its cost of equity using the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach.
What is the firm's cost of equity using each of these three
approaches? Round your answers to two decimal places.
What is your best estimate of the firm's cost of equity?
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