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A Corporation is experiencing rapid growth. Dividends are expected to grow at 30 percent per year during the next three years, 18 percent over the following year, and then 8 percent per year indefinitely. The required return on this stock is 11 percent, and the stock currently sells for $65 per share. What is the projected dividend for the coming year?
stock price=65
D0*((1+30%)/(1+11%)+((1+30%)*(1+30%))/(1+11%)^2+((1+30%)*(1+30%)*(1+30%))/(1+11%)^3+((1+30%)*(1+30%)*(1+30%)*(1+18%))/(1+11%)^4+(((1+30%)*(1+30%)*(1+30%)*(1+18%)*(1+8%))/(11%-8%))/(1+11%)^4)=65
D0=65/((1+30%)/(1+11%)+((1+30%)*(1+30%))/(1+11%)^2+((1+30%)*(1+30%)*(1+30%))/(1+11%)^3+((1+30%)*(1+30%)*(1+30%)*(1+18%))/(1+11%)^4+(((1+30%)*(1+30%)*(1+30%)*(1+18%)*(1+8%))/(11%-8%))/(1+11%)^4)
=0.9653
the projected dividend for the coming year=0.9653*(1+30%)=1.25