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TechSvx earned $5.00 per share and paid a $4.00 dividend per share last year, and is expected to continue to pay out 80% of its earnings as dividends for the foreseeable future. The firm is expected to generate a 14% return on equity in the future, and you require a 15% return on the stock.
a. What should be the value of the stock today (according to the constant growth rate dividend discount model)?
b. What should be the value of the stock one year from today? Is it higher or lower than today’s price? Explain why this is the pattern, intuitively.
value of the stock( Today) |
Growth rate = ROE*Retention Ratio |
Growth rate = 14%*(1-80%) |
Growth rate = 2.8% |
value of the stock = Expected Dividend(Next year)/(Expected Required Return - Growth rate |
value of the stock( Today) = 4*(1+2.80%)/(13%-2.80%) |
=4.112/10.20% |
value of the stock = $ 40.31 Per Shares |
value of the stock one year from today |
value of the stock = Expected Dividend( year 2)/(Expected Required Return - Growth rate) |
Expected Dividend(Year 2) |
=4*(1+2.80%)(1+2.80%) |
=$4.227 |
value of the stock = 4.227/(13%-2.80%) |
=4.227/10.20% |
value of the stock one year from today = $ 44.44 Per Shares |
it is higher than today’s price |