Question: Appendix B for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. Beasley Ball Bearings paid a dividend of
Appendix B for an approximate answer but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods.
| Beasley Ball Bearings paid a dividend of $4 last year. The dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 7 percent over the next five years. The required rate of return is 20 percent (this will also serve as the discount rate in this problem). Use | ||
| a. | Compute the anticipated value of the dividends for the next four years. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.) | |
| Anticipated Value | ||
| D1 | $ | |
| D2 | $ | |
| D3 | $ | |
| D4 | $ | |
| b. | Calculate the present value of each of the anticipated dividends at a discount rate of 20 percent. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to 2 decimal places.) | |
| PV of Dividends | ||
| D1 | $ | |
| D2 | ||
| D3 | ||
| D4 | ||
| Total | $ | |
| c. | Compute the price of the stock at the end of the fourth year (P4). (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.) | |
| Stock price at Year 4 | $ | |
| d. | Calculate the present value of the year 4 stock price at a discount rate of 20 percent. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.) | |
| Present value of Year 4 stock price | $ | |
| e. | Compute the current value of the stock. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.) | |
| Current value | $ | |
| f. | Use the formula given below to show that it will provide approximately the same answer as part e. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.) | |
| P0 | = | D1 |
| Ke g | ||
| Current value | $ | |
| g. | If current EPS were equal to $5.89 and the P/E ratio is 1.2 times higher than the industry average of 5, what would the stock price be? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.) | |
| Stock price | $ | |
| h. | By what dollar amount is the stock price in part g different from the stock price in part f? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.) | |
| Amount | $ | |
| i. | In regard to the stock price in part f, indicate which direction it would move if: | |
| (1) | D1 increases | |
| (2) | Ke increases | |
| (3) | g increases | |
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