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The Hugh Co. expects to pay a cash dividend of $2.5 per share next year. Investo

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Question

The Hugh Co. expects to pay a cash dividend of $2.5 per share next year. Investors require a 14% return from investments such as this. If the dividend is expected to grow at a steady 5% per year, what will the stock be worth in five years?

A  $33.72

B  $35.45

C  $39.67

D  $37.58


Which of the following statements is false concerning the term structure of interest rates?

A  The real rate of return has minimal,   if any, effect on the slope of the term structure of interest rates.

B  The term structure of interest rates   includes both an inflation premium and an interest rate risk premium.

C  If interest rates are expected to   increase in the future, the graph depicting the term structure of interest   rates will be downward-sloping.

D  Expectations   of lower inflation rates in the future tend to lower the slope of the term   structure of interest rates.

A firm just paid a dividend of   $2.2. The dividend is expected to grow at a 25% rate for the next 3 years and   at a 7% rate thereafter. What is the value of the stock if the required rate   of return is 12%?

a.

$87.60

b.

$80.41

c.

$73.70

d.

$60.03


  

A  $33.72

     

B  $35.45

     

C  $39.67

     

D  $37.58

   The Hugh Co. expects to pay a cash dividend of $2.5 per share next year. Investors require a 14% return from investments such as this. If the dividend is expected to grow at a steady 5% per year, what will the stock be worth in five years? Which of the following statements is false concerning the term structure of interest rates?

Explanation / Answer

The correct answer is B $35.45

P0= D1/(Ke-g)

Given, D1= 2.5

Ke= 14%

g= 5%

Therefore,

P0= 2.5/(.14-.05)= $27.78

Pn= P0x(1+g)^n


so, P5= Pox(1+g)^5

P5= 27.78x1.05^5= 35.45


C If interest rates are expected to increase in the future, the graph depicting the term structure of interest rates will be downward-sloping.



The answer is (c) $73.70


value of the stock= (2.2x1.25/1.12)+((2.2x1.25^2/1.12^2)+(2.2x1.25^3/1.12^3)+{(2.2x1.25^3x1.07/[1.12^3(.12-.07)]}


= 2.46+2.74+3.058+65.45


= $73.70

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