You Need to Calculate the Cost of Equity Capital for a fiRm

question 238

Multiple Choice

You need to calculate the cost of equity capital for a firm that is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Which of the following would likely be least helpful to you?

• A) The rate of return on stocks of similar risk.
• B) Knowledge of the stock's price six months ago.
• C) An investment publication that provides an estimate of the firm's beta.
• D) An investment survey that projects future dividend growth rates for the firm.
• E) A data set containing dividends paid for the past 10 years.

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