Alphabet (GOOGL) has yet to pay a dividend, but in spring 2018 it announced it would repurchase

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Alphabet (GOOGL) has yet to pay a dividend, but in spring 2018 it announced it would repurchase $8.5 billion worth of shares over the year. (Actually, the exact amount was $8,589,869,056—known as a “perfect” number because it is equal to the sum of its divisors). If the amount spent on share repurchases were expected to grow by 7% per year, and Alphabet’s equity cost of capital is 8%, estimate Alphabet’s market capitalization. If Alphabet has 700 million shares outstanding, what stock price does this correspond to?

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Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9780134999463

5th Edition

Authors: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo

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