The GOOG Co. is in a downsizing mode. The company will pay the following dividends and will then go out of business after 2018.
2014 (D1) |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
$2.00 |
$1.50 |
$1.00 |
$0.50 |
$0.00 |
The required rate of return is 16%. What is one share of this stock worth?
The share price is computed as shown below:
= Dividend in 2014 / (1 + required rate of return)1 + Dividend in 2015 / (1 + required rate of return)2 + Dividend in 2016 / (1 + required rate of return)3 + Dividend in 2017 / (1 + required rate of return)4 + Dividend in 2018 / (1 + required rate of return)5
= $ 2 / 1.16 + $ 1.50 / 1.162 + $ 1 / 1.163 + $ 0.50 / 1.164 + $ 0 / 1.165
= $ 3.76 Approximately
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