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Sheridan Industries common stock has a beta of 1.2. If the market risk-free rate is 5.2 percent and the expected return on the market is 8.2 percent, what is Sheridan’s cost of common stock?

X Your answer is incorrect. Sheridan Industries common stock has a beta of 1.2. If the market risk-free rate is 5.2 percent a

I solved this problem incorrectly by doing

Kes=Rrf+(Betaesx market risk premium)

Kes=0.052+(1.2x0.082)

Kes=0.052+0.098400

Kes=0.1504=15.0%

I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. Please show full calculation.

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Ke = Rf it iB (Rm -RE) 2 5.8%.12 (8.216- 5.2:1) 2 B. a . + (-4 (3) 8.8.10 *. cost of common stock 8.8.11 Scanned with CamScan

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