You are analyzing the stock of Ansell Limited (Australian Stock Exchange: ANN), a health care company, as

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You are analyzing the stock of Ansell Limited (Australian Stock Exchange: ANN), a health care company, as of late June 2008. The stock price is A $ 9.74. The company’s dividend per share for the fiscal year ending 31 June 2008 was A $ 0.27. You expect the dividend to increase by 10 percent for the next three years and then increase by 8 percent per year forever. You estimate the required return on equity of Ansell Limited to be 12 percent.
A. Estimate the value of ANN using a two - stage dividend discount model.
B. Judge whether ANN is undervalued, fairly valued, or overvalued.

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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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Equity Asset Valuation

ISBN: 978-0470571439

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Authors: Jerald E. Pinto, Elaine Henry, Thomas R. Robinson, John D. Stowe, Abby Cohen

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