Metroplex Corporation will pay a $5.40 per share dividend next year. The company pledges to increase its dividend by 3.80 percent per year indefinitely. Required: If you require an 13.70 percent return on your investment, how much will you pay for the company's stock today?
The question is solved using the dividend discount model.
Next year’s dividend= $5.40
Dividend growth rate= 3.80%
Required return= 13.70%
Price of the stock today=D1/(r-g)
Where:
D1=next dividend payment
r=interest rate
g=firm’s expected growth rate
Price of the stock today= $5.40/ 0.13.70 – 0.0380
= $5.40/ 0.0990 = $54.55.
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