Tell Me Why Co. is expected to maintain a constant 6.4 percent growth rate in its dividends indefinitely. If the company has a dividend yield of 8.2 percent, what is the required return on the company’s stock?
Required return on company's stock is the sum of dividend yield and dividend growth rate. | ||||||||||
Required return on the company's stock | = | Dividend growth rate + Dividend Yield | ||||||||
= | 6.4% + 8.2% | |||||||||
= | 14.60% | |||||||||
Alternatively: | ||||||||||
Suppose current Price of share is $ 100 | ||||||||||
Next Year dividend | = | Current Price*Dividend Yield | ||||||||
= | 100*8.2% | |||||||||
= | $ 8.20 | |||||||||
Required Return on stock | = | (D1/P0)+g | Where, | |||||||
= | (8.20/100)+0.064 | D1 | $ 8.20 | |||||||
= | 14.60% | P0 | $ 100.00 | |||||||
g | 6.40% | |||||||||
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