You have decided to expand your business and will now value shares. Given the following information, what is the value of a share in AMS today using the following information:

AMS Ltd will not pay any dividends for the next 7 years;

In exactly 7 years from today, AMS Ltd will pay a dividend of $1.28;

The following four dividends (years 8, 9, 10 and 11) will grow at a rate of 40% per year;

The dividends from year 12 onwards will grow at a more sustainable rate of 3% per year in perpetuity (note: the year 12 dividend will be 3% higher than the year 11 dividend); and,

Dividends are paid annually, and the required rate of return on equity is 6% p.a compounded annually.

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Absolutely we can calculate the value of a share in AMS Ltd today using the dividend discount model DDM Heres how Step 1 Identify the variables D7 Div... View the full answer