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SuFi Inc. is expected to pay the following dividends over the next four years: $9, $7, $5, and $2.74. Their CFO, Mr. Dane Cook, pledges to maintain a constant 5 percent growth rate in dividends forever. If the required return on the stock is 13 percent, what is the current share price?
Step-1, Dividend per share for the next four years
Dividend in Year 1 (D1) = $9.00 per share
Dividend in Year 2 (D2) = $7.00 per share
Dividend in Year 3 (D3) = $5.00 per share
Dividend in Year 4 (D4) = $2.74 per share
Step-2, Calculation of Stock Price in Year 4 (P4)
Dividend Growth Rate (g) = 5.00% per year
Required Rate of Return (Ke) = 13.00%
Therefore, the Stock Price in Year 4 (P4) = D4(1 + g) / (Ke – g)
= $2.74(1 + 0.05) / (0.13 – 0.05)
= $2.8770 / 0.08
= $35.96 per share
Step-3, Current Price of the share
The Current price of the share is the present value of future dividend plus the present value of the share price in year 4
| 
 Year  | 
 Cash flow ($)  | 
 Present Value factor at 13.00%  | 
 Present Value of cash flows ($)  | 
| 
 1  | 
 9.00  | 
 0.88496  | 
 7.96  | 
| 
 2  | 
 7.00  | 
 0.78315  | 
 5.48  | 
| 
 3  | 
 5.00  | 
 0.69305  | 
 3.47  | 
| 
 4  | 
 2.74  | 
 0.61332  | 
 1.68  | 
| 
 4  | 
 35.96  | 
 0.61332  | 
 22.06  | 
| 
 TOTAL  | 
 40.65  | 
||
“Hence, the current share price would be $40.65”
NOTE
The Formula for calculating the Present Value Factor is [1/(1 + r)n], Where “r” is the Discount/Interest Rate and “n” is the number of years.