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Metallica Bearings, Inc., is a young start-up company. No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next nine years, because the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company will pay a dividend of $11 per share in 10 years and will increase the dividend by 4 percent per year thereafter. If the required return on this stock is 12 percent, what is the current share price? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) |
No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next nine years. Once the stock begins paying dividends, it will have a constant growth rate of dividends.
Pt = [Dt × (1 + g)] / (R − g)
The price of the stock in Year 9 will be:
P9 = D10 / (R − g) = $11 / (0.12 − 0.04) = $137.50
The price of the stock today will be:
P0 = $137.50 / 1.12^9 = $49.58