To Help Estimate Its Cost of Common Equity, Maxwell and Associates

question 82

Multiple Choice

To help estimate its cost of common equity, Maxwell and Associates recently hired you. You have obtained the following data: D0 = $0.90; P0 = $27.50; and gL = 7.00% (constant) . Based on the dividend growth model, what is the cost of common from reinvested earnings?

• A) 9.29%
• B) 9.68%
• C) 10.08%
• D) 10.50%
• E) 10.92%

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