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A stock is selling for $40 per share currently. The next dividend will be $1 per share, and will grow at 12% per year forever. What is the rate of return required by investors?
Answer: 14.5%
price of the stock = next dividend / (required return - growth rate)
here,
price of the stock =$40.
next dividend =$1
required return = to be found out , let it be x.
growth rate = 12%
=>0.12.
$40 = $1 / (x-0.12)
=>x-0.12 = $1/40
=>x=0.145
=>14.5%.
So required return = 14.5%.