The text identifies three methods for estimating the cost of common stock from reinvested earnings (not newly issued stock): the CAPM method, the dividend growth method, and the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium method. Since we cannot be sure that the estimate obtained with any of these methods is correct, it is often appropriate to use all three methods, then consider all three estimates, and end up using a judgmental estimate when calculating the WACC, such as rate of them.

Food goblin supermarkets use both cashiers and baggers to serve customers at check out. during the first 6 hours of each workday (monday-friday), 3 cashiers and 2 baggers serve approximately 23 customers per hour. a cashier and a bagger who require approximately 4 minutes at checkout and 3 minutes at bagging serve each customer. a. how many employees should food goblin supermarket schedule if it requires a 12 percent capacity cushion? food goblin supermarket should schedule nothing cashier(s). (enter your response rounded up to the nearest whole number.)