On April 29, 2020, Patricia purchased 2,000 shares in an aggressive growth company called WootWoot! Inc. for $19.40/share. Patricia believes the stock price will increase to $29/share in one year; she also expects to receive dividends of $5,000 over this period on these shares. If Patricia is correct, what would be her return?
58.70%
58.92%
62.37%
66.70%
59.83%
Option 3: 62.37% is the correct answer
Explanation: -
where,
R = Rate of return
Pt = stock price at the beginning of the period
t = time period
Pt-1 = stock price at the beginning of the period
Dt = cash dividend received over the period
here,
R = Rate of return
Pt = $29
t = 1
Pt-1 = $19.4
Dt = $5000 / number of shares
= $5000 / 2000
= $2.5 per share
By substituting the values, we get,
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