Assume that the average firm in your companys industry is expected to grow at a constant rate

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Assume that the average firm in your company’s industry is expected to grow at a constant rate of 6% and that its dividend yield is 7%. Your company is about as risky as the average firm in the industry, but it has just successfully completed some R&D work that leads you to expect that its earnings and dividends will grow at a rate of 50% [D1 = D0(1 + g) = D0(1.50)] this year and 25% the following year, after which growth should return to the 6% industry average. If the last dividend paid (D0) was $1, what is the value per share of your firm’s stock?

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A dividend is a distribution of a portion of company’s earnings, decided and managed by the company’s board of directors, and paid to the shareholders. Dividends are given on the shares. It is a token reward paid to the shareholders for their...
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Corporate Finance A Focused Approach

ISBN: 978-1439078082

4th Edition

Authors: Michael C. Ehrhardt, Eugene F. Brigham

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