1. If you are expecting dividend payments of $17.5 from your preferred stock, and if you require a 12% return from this investment, what is the fair value of your preferred stock?
a. |
$19.60 |
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b. |
$15.63 |
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c. |
cannot be determined |
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d. |
none |
2. A company’s historical P/E ratio is 10. Its net income is $25 million and it has 500,000 shares of stock outstanding. The net profit is expected to grow by 3 percent annually. What is the expected price of this stock one year from now?
a. |
$51.50 |
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b. |
$515 |
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c. |
cannot be determined |
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d. |
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1) | d.None | ||||||||
Working: | |||||||||
Fair Value of preferred stock | = | Dividend /Required return on investment | |||||||
= | $ 17.5 | / | 12% | ||||||
= | $ 145.83 | ||||||||
2) | |||||||||
b.$515 | |||||||||
Working: | |||||||||
a.Expected net income one year from now | = | 25*(1+0.03) | |||||||
= | $ 25.75 | Million | |||||||
b.Earning per share | = | Net Income /Number of shares | |||||||
= | $ 2,57,50,000 | / | 5,00,000 | ||||||
= | $ 51.50 | ||||||||
c.Expected Price one year from now | = | Earning per share x P/E Ratio | |||||||
= | $ 51.50 | x | 10 | ||||||
= | $ 515 | ||||||||
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