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IBM's income, assets, and stock price have been growing at an annual rate of 20% and are expected to continue to grow at this rate for 2 more years. They just paid a dividend of $2.00 and will continue to pay at the supernormal growth rate (20%) for the next two years. After that, dividends are expected to grow at the firm's constant growth rate of 8%. The required rate of return is 18%. The present value of the stock is a. $26.44 b. $23.03 c. $33.15 d. $40.01 e. $36.00
10. In the previous question, if IBM is currently selling for $40.00, then the stock is a. undervalued by $13.56 b. overvalued by $13.56 c. correctly valued d. overvalued by $16.97 e. undervalued by $16.97
rate | 18.0000% | |
Cash flows | Year | Discounted CF= cash flows/(1+rate)^year |
- | 0 | - |
2.40 | 1 | 2.03 |
2.88 | 2 | 2.07 |
31.10 | 2 | 22.34 |
present value of the stock = 26.44
if stock is selling at 40, then it is overvalued by 13.56 b)