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expected to pay its first dividend of $0.42 per share in two years. This dividen

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Question

expected to pay its first dividend of $0.42 per share in two years. This dividend will grow at 10 percent indefinitely. Use an 11.5 percent discount rate. Compute the value of this stock. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) expected to pay its first dividend of $0.42 per share in two years. This dividend will grow at 10 percent indefinitely. Use an 11.5 percent discount rate. Compute the value of this stock. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) expected to pay its first dividend of $0.42 per share in two years. This dividend will grow at 10 percent indefinitely. Use an 11.5 percent discount rate. Compute the value of this stock. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Explanation / Answer

Value after year 2=(Dividend for year 2*Growth rate)/(Discount rate-Growth rate)

=(0.42*1.1)/(0.115-0.1)=$30.8

Hence value of stock=Future dividends*Present value of discounting factor(11.5%,time period)

=0.42/1.115^2+30.8/1.115^2

=$25.11(Approx),