Question: Omni Telecom is trying to decide whether to increase its cash dividend immediately or use the funds to increase its future growth rate. P 0

Omni Telecom is trying to decide whether to increase its cash dividend immediately or use the funds to increase its future growth rate.
P0=D1Keg
P0
= Price of the stock today
D1
= Dividend at the end of the first year
D1=D0\times (1+g)
D0
= Dividend today
Ke
= Required rate of return
g = Constant growth rate in dividends
D0
is currently $3.50, Ke
is 9 percent, and g is 5 percent.
Under Plan A, D0
would be immediately increased to $4.00 and Ke
and g will remain unchanged.
Under Plan B, D0
will remain at $3.50 but g will go up to 6 percent and Ke
will remain unchanged.
Compute P0
(price of the stock today) under Plan A. Note D1 will be equal to D0\times (1+g) or $4.00(1.05)
. Ke
will equal 9 percent, and g will equal 5 percent.
Note: Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places.
Compute P0
(price of the stock today) under Plan B. Note D1 will be equal to D0\times (1+g) or $3.50(1.06)
. Ke
will be equal to 9 percent, and g will be equal to 6 percent.
Note: Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places.

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