ADK Industries Common Shares Sell for $60 Per Share

question 12

Multiple Choice

ADK Industries common shares sell for $60 per share. ADK expects to set their next annual dividend at $3.75 per share. If ADK expects future dividends to grow at 9 percent per year, indefinitely, the current risk-free rate is 4 percent, the expected rate on the market is 11 percent, and the stock has a beta of 1.5, what should be the best estimate of the firm's cost of equity, by taking an average of the 2 estimates?

• A) 15.25 percent
• B) 14.50 percent
• C) 14.88 percent
• D) 15.03 percent

Understand the new-product development process and its stages.

Learn the different types of consumer products and their characteristics.

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