Benton Industries stock has a beta of 1.3. The company just paid a dividend of $.30, and the dividends are expected to grow at 4 percent per year. The expected return on the market is 13 percent, and Treasury bills are yielding 5.7 percent. The current price of the company's stock is $74. a. Calculate the cost of equity using the DDM method. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.)
b. Calculate the cost of equity using the SML method. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.)