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Jet Co. is growing quickly. Dividends are expected to grow at a 18 percent rate for the next 3 years, with the growth rate falling off to a constant 6 percent thereafter.
If the required return is 11 percent and the company just paid a $3.60 dividend, what is the current share price?
Step 1: Computation of market price at the end of year 3 using Gordon Growth Model
P3 = D4 / (Ke – g)
Where,
P3 - Market price at the end of year 3 = ?
D4 - Expected dividend in year 4 = 3.60*1.18^3*1.06 = 6.269810112
Ke – Cost of equity = 11%
G – Growth rate in dividend = 6%
P3 = 6.269810112/(.11-.06)
= 6.269810112/.05
= 125.39620224
Step 2: Computing current share price by discounting the cashflow at required return
Year | Dividend | PVF@11% | Present Value (Cashflow*PVF) |
1 | 4.24800000 | 0.901 | 3.83 |
2 | 5.01264000 | 0.812 | 4.07 |
3 | 131.31111744(5.01264*1.18+125.39620224) | 0.731 | 96.01 |
current share price = Cashflow*PVF
= 3.83+4.07+96.01
= $103.91
You can use the equation 1/(1+i)^n to find PVF using calculator
Formula to calculate PV in excel is as follows "=PV(interest rate,Year,0,cashflow)"