Your company just paid a dividend of $2.00. The growth rate is expected to be 4 percent for 1 year, 5 percent the next year, then 6 percent for the following year, and then the growth rate is expected to be a constant 7 percent thereafter. The required rate of return on equity is 10 percent. What is the current stock price?
Calculation of the dividends:-
Year 1 = 2 * (1.04) = $ 2.08
Year 2 = 2.08 * (1.05) = $ 2.184
Year 3 = $ 2.184 * (1.06) = $ 2.31504
Year 4 = $ 2.31504 * (1.07) = $ 2.4770928
From year 4, dividends are grow at 7% forever.So, we calculate the present value of dividends from year 4 at end of 3rd year.
PV of dividends from year 4 at end of year 3 = Year 4 dividend / (r - g)
= $ 2.4770928 / (0.10 - 0.07)
PV of dividends from year 4 at end of year 3 = $ 82.56976
Current stock price means Present value of all dividend from the stock.
Stock price :-
Years | Dividends | PVF@10% | PV |
year 1 | 2.08 | 0.909091 | 1.890909 |
year 2 | 2.184 | 0.826446 | 1.804959 |
year 3 | 2.31504 | 0.751315 | 1.739324 |
year 3 | 82.56976 | 0.751315 | 62.03588 |
Stock price | $ 67.47107 |
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