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Fowler, Inc., just paid a dividend of $2.70 per share on its stock. The dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 4.5 percent per year, indefinitely. Assume investors require a return of 9 percent on this stock. |
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a. |
What is the current price? |
b. | What will the price be in six years and in thirteen years? |
a.Current price=D1/(Required return-Growth rate)
=(2.7*1.045)/(0.09-0.045)
=$62.7
b.P6=Current price*(1+Growth rate)^6
=62.7*(1.045)^6
=$81.65(Approx)
P13=Current price*(1+Growth rate)^13
=62.7*(1.045)^13
=$111.12(Approx)