A company's current EPS is Ksh 12. The firm pays out 40% of its earnings...

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A company's current EPS is Ksh 12. The firm pays out 40% of its earnings as dividend and has a growth rate of 6% p.a. which is expected to continue into perpetuity. The company has a beta value of 1.4 and the risk-free rate is 10%. The expected market return is 15%.

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(a) Using CAPM, compute the expected return on the company's equity.

(b) What implications does CAPM bring if it is used to determine a firm's cost of equity?

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