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Cost of Equity
The cost of equity is comprised the cost of preferred stock and common
stock. In this case, I am willing to focus on the cost of common stock
because Nike did not pay any dividend after June 30, 2001(see Exhibit
4).
The cost of common stock is the return needed on the stock by
shareholders in which investors discount the expected dividends of the
firm to ascertain its share price. To perceive this definition, let me bring
you an example:
Assume you want to invest on the stock of Nike, Inc. Your expected
return is 12% for one year. The current share price is $42. Your benefit
of the investment to purchase one share will be $5.04. If the company
pay the dividend of $2.04 per share annually, the share value should
increase to $45 in the next year to secure your benefit ($5.04).
Therefore, the cost of equity is to cope with the risk of share price’s
changes and the dividends paid by the company. There are two
techniques to obtain the cost of equity as follows: