Blue Dog Inc has common shares with a beta of 1.2. Treasury bills are currently yielding 6% and the expected return on the S&P/TSX Composite Index is 11%. The risk premium on Blue Dog Inc. common shares is:
B. 6%
answer is 6% Why?
Blue Dog Inc has common shares with a beta of 1.2. Treasury bills are currently yielding...
An investor currently has all of his wealth in Treasury bills. He is considering investing one-third of his funds in General Electric, whose beta is 1.5, with the remainder left in Treasury bills. The expected risk-free rate (Treasury bills) is 4 percent and the market risk premium is 5.1 percent. Determine the beta and the expected return on the proposed portfolio. Round your answers to two decimal places. Portfolio's Beta: Portfolio's Expected Return: %
2. Treasury bills are currently yielding 3.5%, the expected market return is 10%, and the firm's beta is 1.50. Calculate the cost of capital for this firm according to the CAPM. A) 9.75% B) 13.25% C) 6.25% D) 0.0625%
6.2 You read in The Wall Street Journal that 30-day T-bills are currently yielding 4.7%. Your brother-in-law, a broker at Safe and Sound Securities, has given you the following estimates of current interest rate premiums: Inflation premium = 3.50% Liquidity premium = 1.2% Maturity risk premium = 1.55% Default risk premium = 2.75% On the basis of these data, what is the real risk-free rate of return? Round your answer to two decimal places. %
Hilton Corporation has 1 million shares of common stock outstanding and 175,000 bonds with 6% coupon at $1000 par each. The stock currently sells at $53 per share and has a beta of 1.15; the bonds have 25 years to maturity and sell at $1141. The market risk premium is 6.8% and Treasury bills are yielding 3.1%. If Hilton’s corporate tax rate is 21%, what is the company’s cost of capital (WACC)?
You read in The Wall Street Journal that 30-day T-bills are currently yielding 4.4%. Your brother-in-law, a broker at Safe and Sound Securities, has given you the following estimates of current interest rate premiums: Inflation premium = 3.50% Liquidity premium = 1.2% Maturity risk premium = 1.55% Default risk premium = 2.60% On the basis of these data, what is the real risk-free rate of return? Round your answer to two decimal places.
Harrison Solar Inc. (HSI) has an estimated beta of 1.13. Currently, the short-term treasury interest rate is 0.8% per year. Historically, returns to a broadly diversified portfolio of stock market investments have averaged 10.6% per year, and short term treasury interest rates have averaged 3.4% per year. Based on a survey of investment management professionals, the expected return to the broadly diversified market over the next several years is 6.8% per year. (a) What estimate of the market risk premium...
Your company has three million shares of common stock outstanding with a current market price of $18. The market risk premium is 7.5%, and Treasury bills are yielding 6.25 percent. There are also 32,000 bonds outstanding with an 8 percent annual coupon, 18 years to maturity, and currently sell for $940. If the stock has a beta of 1.20 and the applicable tax rate is 40%, what is the WACC for your company?
1. Organic Produce Corporation has 7.5 million shares of common stock outstanding, 500,000 shares of 7% preferred stock outstanding, and 175,000 of 8.2% semiannual bonds outstanding, par value of $1,000 each. The common stock currently sells for $64 per share and has a beta of 1.2, the preferred stock currently sells for $108 per share, and the bonds have 15 years to maturity and sell for 96% of par. The market risk premium is 6.8%, T-Bills are yielding 5.5%, and...
An retiree has decided to create a portfolio that contains the Vanguard S&P 500 Index fund, an aggressive growth mutual fund, and government Treasury bills. The S&P 500 Index fund is identical in risk to the market portfolio, while the aggressive growth mutual fund has a beta of 1.50. The retiree has decided on the following plan: ASSET: Dollars Invested: Treasury Bills $200,000 Vanguard S&P 500 $150,000 Aggressive Growth Fund $450,000 Currently, investors are earning a 2% return on the Treasury bills. The retiree...
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HUB Inc. common stock has a beta of 1.29. The risk-free rate of return is 2.75% and the return on the S&P 500 is expected to be 9.80%. What is the stock's risk premium? 7.68% 9.80% 8.37% 09.09% O 7.94%