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Alberta Inc. (AI) pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share. If AI's stock is currently trading at $21.39 per share, and AI's expected growth rate is 7%, what is AI's expected return?
What is AI's expected return?
Answer: 13.26%
Working
Formula for calculating Expected return is as follows;
Expected return = (Expected Dividend ÷ Share price) + Growth rate
= ($1.34 ÷ $21.39) + .07
= 0.062646 + .07
= 0.132646
= 13.26%
Where,
Expected Dividend = Annual Dividend = $1.34 (provided in the question)
Share Price = $21.39 (provided in the question)
Growth rate = 7% (provided in the question)