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Yang Corp. is growing quickly. Dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 32 pe

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Question

Yang Corp. is growing quickly. Dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 32 percent for the next three years, with the growth rate falling off to a constant 6.7 percent thereafter.

If the required return is 14 percent and the company just paid a $3.10 dividend, what is the current share price? (Hint: Calculate the first four dividends.) (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)

Yang Corp. is growing quickly. Dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 32 percent for the next three years, with the growth rate falling off to a constant 6.7 percent thereafter.

Explanation / Answer

We have:

Current Dividend Do = 3.10

                                   D1 = 3.10x(1+0.32) = 4.092

                                   D2 = 4.092x((1+0.32)) =5.40

                                   D3 =5.40x(1+0.32) =7.13

Now we need to compute price at the end of year 3:

P3 = D3(1+g)/ (Ke-g)

     = 7.13 x(1+0.067)/(0.14-0.067)

     = 7.61/0.073

     =104.25

Now we need to discount all the dividends and future prices to calculate current stock price:

year

Cash flow

PV factor 14%

PV

1

4.092

0.8772

3.59

2

5.4

0.7695

4.16

3

7.13+104.25

0.6750

75.18

82.92

Hence, current price of the stock is 82.92.

year

Cash flow

PV factor 14%

PV

1

4.092

0.8772

3.59

2

5.4

0.7695

4.16

3

7.13+104.25

0.6750

75.18

82.92