CFO of Lenox Industries Hired You as a Consultant to Help

question 68

Multiple Choice

CFO of Lenox Industries hired you as a consultant to help estimate its cost of common equity.You have obtained the following data: You were asked to estimate the cost of common based on the three most commonly used methods and then to indicate the difference between the highest and lowest of these estimates.What is that difference?

• A)1.13%
• B)1.50%
• C)1.88%
• D)2.34%
• E)2.58%

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