In: Finance
Changes in Growth and Stock Valuation Consider a firm that had been priced using a 10 percent growth rate and a 13 percent required rate. The firm recently paid a $2.20 dividend. The firm has just announced that because of a new joint venture, it will likely grow at a 11 percent rate. How much should the stock price change (in dollars and percentage)?
$19.43, 16%
$41.43, 51%
$41.43, 34%
$19.43, 628%
| Current dividend | 2.2000 | ||
| Rate of return | 13.00% | ||
| Growth Rate | 10.00% | ||
| Present value of all dividend | =Current Dividend * (1+Growth rate)/(Rate of return-Growth Rate) | ||
| = 2.2 *(1+0.10)/(0.13-0.10) | |||
| 80.67 | |||
| Current dividend | 2.2000 | ||
| Rate of return | 13.00% | ||
| Growth Rate | 11.00% | ||
| Present value of all dividend | =Current Dividend * (1+Growth rate)/(Rate of return-Growth Rate) | ||
| = 2.2 *(1+0.11)/(0.13-0.11) | |||
| 122.1 | |||
| Increase in price | 41.43 | ||
| % increase | =41.43/80.67 | 51% | |
| Option B is correct | |||