Clap Trap is a rapidly growing image messaging company. The company's growth strategy requires rapid reinvestment...

 

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Clap Trap is a rapidly growing image messaging company. The company's growth strategy requires rapid reinvestment currently, with dividend payouts increasing as growth opportunities gradually disappear. You have the following financial information about Clap Trap: • Earnings in the most recently concluded fiscal year were $6.72. The company will retain all its earnings this year (from t=0 to t=1), reinvesting in new projects with a return on new investment of 44.0%. • The next year (from t=1 to t=2), the company will retain 88.0% of its earnings. Return on new investment is expected to be 32.0%. • In the following year (from t=2 to t=3), the company will retain 68.0% of its earnings with an expected return on new investment of 19.0%. • The company will then enter a period of stable growth, retaining 47.0% of its earnings in perpetuity. a) What are the expected dividends per share for each period from t=1 to t=3 ? The expected dividends per share for t=1 is $ (Round your answer to four decimal places) The expected dividends per share for t=2 is $ (Round your answer to four decimal places) The expected dividends per share for t=3 is $ (Round your answer to four decimal places) b) Clap Trap's common stock currently trades at $63.9 per share, and you estimate the cost of equity to be 15.2%. Given your answers above, what does the market believe the return on new investment will be for ClapTrap when it reaches its stable growth perpetuity phase. % for ClapTrap when it reaches its stable growth perpetuity phase. The return on new investment will be (Round your answer to two decimal places) Clap Trap is a rapidly growing image messaging company. The company's growth strategy requires rapid reinvestment currently, with dividend payouts increasing as growth opportunities gradually disappear. You have the following financial information about Clap Trap: • Earnings in the most recently concluded fiscal year were $6.72. The company will retain all its earnings this year (from t=0 to t=1), reinvesting in new projects with a return on new investment of 44.0%. • The next year (from t=1 to t=2), the company will retain 88.0% of its earnings. Return on new investment is expected to be 32.0%. • In the following year (from t=2 to t=3), the company will retain 68.0% of its earnings with an expected return on new investment of 19.0%. • The company will then enter a period of stable growth, retaining 47.0% of its earnings in perpetuity. a) What are the expected dividends per share for each period from t=1 to t=3 ? The expected dividends per share for t=1 is $ (Round your answer to four decimal places) The expected dividends per share for t=2 is $ (Round your answer to four decimal places) The expected dividends per share for t=3 is $ (Round your answer to four decimal places) b) Clap Trap's common stock currently trades at $63.9 per share, and you estimate the cost of equity to be 15.2%. Given your answers above, what does the market believe the return on new investment will be for ClapTrap when it reaches its stable growth perpetuity phase. % for ClapTrap when it reaches its stable growth perpetuity phase. The return on new investment will be (Round your answer to two decimal places)

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