Finance

Floyd Industries stock has a beta of 1.30. 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 5.1 percent. The most recent stock price for the company is $68.

Calculate the cost of equity using the dividend growth method. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)