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What is the answer for : 1. The next dividend payment by Halestorm, Inc., will b

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What is the answer for :

1. The next dividend payment by Halestorm, Inc., will be $1.72 per share. The dividends are anticipated to maintain a growth rate of 4 percent forever. If the stock currently sells for $33 per share, what is the required return? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

  Required return

%

2.Metallica Bearings, Inc., is a young start-up company. No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next nine years because the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company will pay a $10 per share dividend 10 years from today and will increase the dividend by 5 percent per year thereafter. If the required return on this stock is 11.5 percent, what is the current share price? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

  Current share price

$

3.Maloney, Inc., has an odd dividend policy. The company has just paid a dividend of $2 per share and has announced that it will increase the dividend by $6 per share for each of the next five years, and then never pay another dividend. If you require a return of 10 percent on the company

1. The next dividend payment by Halestorm, Inc., will be $1.72 per share. The dividends are anticipated to maintain a growth rate of 4 percent forever. If the stock currently sells for $33 per share, what is the required return? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

Given :

Next dividend (D1) = $1.72

Growth rate (g) = 4% =0.04

Current Price (P0) =$33

Calculation of Required return using the formula :

Required Return = (D1 /P0)+g

= (1.72 / 33) + 0.04

= 0.0921

= 9.21%

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