Accounting Question

1. You purchased one share of Best Buy CO., Inc for $55.11 per share. The company paid a dividend of $7.46 per share during the year, and had an ending share price of $68.12. What is the percentage return? Note: Enter your answer in percentages rounded off to two decimal points. Do not enter % in the answer box. For example, if your answer is 0.12345 then enter as 12.35 in the answer box. 2. Suppose you purchased one share of ABC, Inc for $52.75 per share. The company paid a dividend of $5.37 per share during the year, and had an ending share price of $54.2. What is the capital gains yield? Note: Convert your answer to percentage and round off to two decimal points. Do not enter % in the answer box. 3. You have observed the following returns on ABC’s stocks over the last four years: 13.69%, 23.43%, -14.86%, 13.27%, 4.What is the geometric average returns on the stock over this four-year period. Note: Enter your answer in percentages rounded off to two decimal points. Do not enter % in the answer box. For example, if your answer is 0.12345 then enter as 12.35 in the answer box. 5. You own a portfolio that has $1,165 invested in Stock A and $1,732 invested in Stock B. If the returns on these stocks are 18.35% and 12.89%, respectively, what is the return on the portfolio? Note: Enter your answer in percentages rounded off to two decimal points. Do not enter % in the answer box. 6.You own the following stocks in your portfolio. What is the beta of your portfolio. Stock Invested Amount Beta A 8,913 1.64 B 4,084 1.06 C 1,179 0.74 D 5,921 1.36 Note: Enter your answer rounded off to two decimal points. 7.Market beta is a measurement of systematic risk and will affect the expected risk. T/F What is the standard deviation of the following observations: 18%, 15%, -19%, 6%, and 15%, respectively. Note: Enter your answer as a percentage rounded off to two decimal points. Do not enter % in the answer box. 8. ABC, Inc., has a beta of 1.78. The risk-free rate is 2.52% and the market risk premium is 4.12%. What is the required rate of return on ABC’s stock? Note: Convert your answer to percentage and round off to two decimal points.