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Kinston Nielson Motors has a share price of $25 today. If Nielson Motors is expected to pay a dividend of $0.75 this year, and its stock price is expected to grow to $26.75 at the end of the year, then Nielson's dividend yield and equity cost of capital are:
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3.0% and 7.0% respectively. |
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b. |
4.0% and 6.0% respectively. |
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c. |
3.0% and 10.0% respectively. |
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d. |
None of the answers are correct. |
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e. |
4.0% and 10.0% respectively. |
Dividend Yield = Current Year Dividend/Current Market Price = 0.75/25 = 3%
Growth rate = (26.75 - 25)/25 = 7%
Current Market Price by end of year = Future Dividend / ( equity cost of capital - growth)
=> 26.75 = 0.75*1.07/(cost of capital - 0.07)
=> Cost of capital = 10%
So the answer is option c