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CYZ Enterprises has the following expected dividends: $1.02 in one year, $1.21 in two years, and $1.32 in three years. After that, its dividends are expected to grow at 3.9% per year forever (so that year 4's dividend will be 3.9% more than $1.32 and so on). If CYZ's equity cost of capital is 11.7%, what is the current price of its stock?
The price of the stock will be ________
Stock Price :
PV of cash flows from it.
P = D1 / [ Ke - g ]
D1 - Div after 1 Year
P0 - Price Today
Ke - Required Ret = 11.7 %
g - Growth rate
| Particulars | Year | Value | 
| Starting Dividend | 1 | $ 1.02 | 
| Year | Cash Flow / Div | 
| 1 | $ 1.02 | 
| 2 | $ 1.21 | 
| 3 | $ 1.32 | 
| 4 | $ 1.37 | 
Dividend for fourth year = Dividend for third year * (1+growth rate) = 1.32 * (1.039) = $ 1.37
| Particulars | Amount | 
| nth Period | 4 | 
| D4 | $ 1.3700 | 
| Growth rate | 3.90% | 
| Ke | 11.70% | 
nth Period - From which period Stable Growth is there.
Price of Stock is nothing but PV of CFs from it.
P3 = D4 / [ Ke - g ]
= $ 1.37 / [ 11.7 % - 3.9 % ]
= $ 1.37 / [ 7.8 % ]
= $ 17.56
Stock Price : PV of cash flows from it.
| Year | Particulars | Cash Flow | PVF @11.7 % | Disc CF | 
| 1 | D1 | $ 1.02 | 0.8953 | $ 0.91 | 
| 2 | D2 | $ 1.21 | 0.8015 | $ 0.97 | 
| 3 | D3 | $ 1.32 | 0.7175 | $ 0.95 | 
| 3 | P3 | $ 17.56 | 0.7175 | $ 12.60 | 
| Price of the stock | $ 15.43 | 
current price of the stock P0 = $ 15.43