West Texas Communications Inc. just paid a dividend of $2.16. The dividend is expected to grow at a rate of 3.5%. If your required rate of return on the stock is 8.0% and the stock is currently priced at $49.20, should you buy or sell?
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You should buy it: it is undervalued by $0.48.
As per dividend discount model, | ||||||||
Current stock price | = | D0*(1+g)/(Ke-g) | Where, | |||||
= | 2.16*(1+0.035)/(0.08-0.035) | D0 | = | Last paid dividend | ||||
= | $ 49.68 | g | = | Growth rate | ||||
Ke | = | Discount rate | ||||||
Stock is currently priced at $ 49.20. | ||||||||
Undervaluation of stock | = | Fair Price | - | Current selling price | ||||
= | $ 49.68 | - | $ 49.20 | |||||
= | $ 0.48 | |||||||
So,Stock is undervalued by $ 0.48 and it should be bought. |
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