VALUATION METHODS QUESTION 1 (a) It is now January 1, 2014. Last year ABC Company experienced major operational problems which affected the company's financial condition, forcing management to temporarily suspend dividend payments. It is expected that the company will not pay a dividend in 2014 and 2015 but will declare a dividend of K80 per share in 2016. Dividend growth is expected to be 10 percent in 2017 and 2018 and thereafter growth is expected to indefinitely be the same as for the economy, 8 percent. He required rate of return on the stock is 12 percent. (i) Calculate the expected dividends for 2014 through 2019. (ii) What is the value of the stock today? (b) Six years ago ABC Corporation paid a K10 dividend and just paid a K13.40 dividend this year. Investors expect this growth rate to continue into the foreseeable future. Your required rate of return for investments in a firm as risky as ABC Corporation is 20 percent (i) What is the value of one share of stock? (ii) If the stock is selling for K110, should you buy it? Explain. (c) The preferred stock of Tusha Lid. is discounted in the market at 12 percent. The stock has a dividend rate of 8 percent of its K125 par value. (i) What is the market price per share? (ii) If a call price of K100 exists, is this security likely to be called in the near future? What circumstances would make it more likely for the company to call the shares? Explain