Kate Stark, a Wall Street analyst, has just learned that FPL Group (the holding company for Florida
Question:
Kate Stark, a Wall Street analyst, has just learned that FPL Group (the holding company for Florida Power and Light, the country's fourth largest utility) may decide to freeze its upcoming dividend at $2.48 per share at the company's upcoming annual meeting. The decision not to increase dividends would end a 47-year streak of annual dividend increases. In response the the news, FPL's stock price is down 6%.
Question 1: Based on the financial projections reported in Exhibit 6, can FPL afford to increase dividends by 1% per year over the next 5 years?
Question 2: As Kate Stark, what would you recommend regarding investment in FPL's stock? Buy, Sell or Hold?
Question 3: Why? Briefly justify your recommendation.
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A Concise Introduction to Logic
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13th edition
Authors: Patrick J. Hurley, Lori Watson