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A firm is expected to pay a dividend of $2.55 next year and $2.85 the following year. Financial analysts believe the stock will be at their price target of $115 in two years. |
Compute the value of this stock with a required return of 11.5 percent. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.) |
Price of stock is the present value of dividend. | ||||||||||||
In two years, price is estimated to be $ 115.It means at the end of two years, present value of future dividends is $ 115. | ||||||||||||
Step-1:Calculation of present value of dividend of two years | ||||||||||||
Year | Dividend | Discount factor | Present Value | |||||||||
a | b | c=1.115^-a | d=b*c | |||||||||
1 | $ 2.55 | 0.8969 | $ 2.29 | |||||||||
2 | 2.85 | 0.8044 | 2.29 | |||||||||
Total | 4.58 | |||||||||||
Step-2:Present Value of price of at the end of two years | ||||||||||||
Present Value | = | Price in 2 years x Discount factor | ||||||||||
= | 115 | x | 0.8044 | |||||||||
= | 92.50 | |||||||||||
Total present value of dividend | = | 4.58 | + | 92.50 | ||||||||
= | 97.08 | |||||||||||
Thus, | ||||||||||||
Value of stock is | $ 97.08 | |||||||||||