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A stock just paid a dividend of $2. The stock is expected to increase its dividend payment by 50% per year for the next 3 years. After that, dividends will grow at a rate of 5% forever. If the required rate of return is 7%, what is the price of the stock today?
Year | Particulars | Cash flow | × discount rate | Present value |
1 | Dividend | 3.00 | 0.93458 | $ 2.80 |
2 | Dividend | 4.50 | 0.87344 | $ 3.93 |
3 | Dividend | 6.75 | 0.81630 | $ 5.51 |
3 | Share price | 354.38 | 0.81630 | $ 289.28 |
6.75*(1+ 0.05) /( 0.07-0.05) | ||||
Stock price today | $ 301.52 |
Answer is:
301.52