The Dividend Discount Model (DDM) allows for calculating the cost of equity capital. It estimates the cost of common equity by summing the next period dividend yield and the dividend growth rate. In practice, this can be used as an alternative to the CAPM.
Some other related topics you might be interested to explore are the Bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach, Capital Asset Pricing Model, and Cost of Equity.
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Cost of equity capital is among the topics included in the Corporate Finance module of the CFA Level 1 Curriculum.
