Answer:
Cost of equity will be 12.96 %
Explanation:
We have given current price of the stock = $32.45
Expected dividend [tex]D_1=$2.35[/tex] in one year
Growth rate [tex]g=5.72%=0.0572[/tex]
We have to find the cost of equity
Cost of equity is given by
Cost of equity [tex]=\frac{expected\ dividend}{current\ price\ of\ the \ stock}+growth\ rate=\frac{2.35}{32.45}+0.0572=0.1296[/tex] = 12.96 %