Question: Swink Electric, Inc., has just developed a solar panel capable of generating 200 percent more electricity than any solar panel currently on the market. As

Swink Electric, Inc., has just developed a solar panel capable of generating

200 percent more electricity than any solar panel currently on the market. As a

result, Swink is expected to experience a 15 percent annual growth rate for the

next five years. When the five-year period ends, other firms will have developed

comparable technology, and Swinks growth rate will slow to 5 percent per year

indefinitely. Stockholders require a return of 12 percent on Swinks stock.

The firms most recent annual dividend (D0), which was paid yesterday, was

$1.75 per share.

2.a. (10 points) Calculate Swink's expected dividends for the next five years and present values of these dividends.
INPUT DATA:
Supernormal growth
Normal growth rate
Req. rate of return
Last dividend (D0)
Supernormal period years
Expected dividends: PV of dividends:
D1 1 1
D2 2 2
D3 3 3
D4 4 4
D5 5 5

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