Question

Stoneworks, Inc., has an odd dividend policy. The company has just paid a dividend of $4 per share and has announced that it will increase the dividend by $6 per share for each of the next five years, and then never pay another dividend. If you require a return of 12 percent on the company’s stock, how much will you pay for a share today? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Answer 1

The current value of the stock is computed as shown below:

= Dividend in year 1 / (1 + required rate of return)¹ + Dividend in year 2 / (1 + required rate of return)² + Dividend in year 3 / (1 + required rate of return)³ + Dividend in year 4 / (1 + required rate of return)⁴ + Dividend in year 4 / (1 + required rate of return)⁵

= $ 10 / 1.12¹ + $ 16 / 1.12² + $ 22 / 1.12³ + $ 28 / 1.12⁴ + $ 34 / 1.12⁵

= $ 74.43 Approximately

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