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UTA Inc just announced that next year's dividend will be $1.40 per share, and the following year will be $1.50 per share. After that point, stock analysts believe the dividend growth rate will remain constant at 5% per year, indefinitely. If the market currently requires a 15% rate of return on UTA Inc stock, the stock should be priced at __________per share.
A-$18.1
B-$14.26
C-$12.71
D-$11.91
Discount rate | 15.0000% | ||
Cash flows | Discounted CF= cash flows/(1+rate)^year | Cumulative cash flow | |
- | 0 | - | - |
1.400 | 1 | 1.22 | 1.22 |
15.000 | 1 | 13.04 | 14.26 |
terminal value = 1.5/(0.15 - 0.05) = 15.00
price = 14.26