Question

Using the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), Sun State determined that the required rate of return for a capital budgeting project it is evaluating is equal to 18 percent. If U.S. Treasury bonds yield 7 percent and the market risk premium is 5 percent, what is the project's beta coefficient?

Answer 1

2.2

Step-by-step explanation:

In this question, we apply the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) formula which is shown below

Expected rate of return = Risk-free rate of return + Beta × (Market rate of return - Risk-free rate of return)

18% = 7% + Beta × 5%

18% - 7% = Beta × 5%

11% = Beta × 5%

So, the beta would be

= 2.2

The (Market rate of return - Risk-free rate of return) is also known as market risk premium and the same has applied.