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A company recently paid an annual dividend of $.65 a share and plans to increase future dividends by three percent annually. The discount rate is 12 percent. What will the value of this stock be four years from now?
$9.52
$7.61
$6.93
$8.37
First we will find the current value of the stock as shown below:
= Recent dividend (1 + growth rate) / (discount rate - growth rate)
= $ 0.65 (1 + 0.03) / (0.12 - 0.03)
= $ 0.6695 / 0.09
= $ 7.438888889
So, the price of the stock four years from now will be computed as follows:
= current price (1 + growth rate)4
= $ 7.438888889 x 1.034
= $ 8.37 Approximately
So, the correct answer is option D.