HighGrowth Company has a stock price of $21. The firm will pay a dividend next year of $1.01, and its dividend is expected to grow at a rate of 3.6% per year thereafter. What is your estimate of...

Extracted text: HighGrowth Company has a stock price of $21. The firm will pay a dividend next year of $1.01, and its dividend is expected to grow at a rate of 3.6% per year thereafter. What is your estimate of HighGrowth's cost of equity capital? The required return (cost of capital) of levered equity is %. (Round to one decimal place.)