Cache Creek Manufacturing Company Is Expected to Pay a Dividend

Cache Creek Manufacturing Company is expected to pay a dividend of $4.20 in the upcoming year. Dividends are expected to grow at the rate of 8% per year. The risk-free rate of return is 4% and the expected return on the market portfolio is 14%. Investors use the CAPM to compute the market capitalisation rate on the shares, and the constant growth DDM to determine the intrinsic value of the shares. The shares are trading in the market today at $84.00. Using the constant growth DDM and the CAPM, the beta of the shares is ________.

A) 1.4
B) 0.9
C) 0.8
D) 0.5