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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 $10 per share exactly 10 years from today and will increase the dividend by 4 percent per year thereafter. If the required return on this stock is 12.5 percent, what is the current share price?
current share price is $40.76 | ||||
Statement showing Current Price | ||||
Particulars | Time | PVf12.5% | Amount | PV |
Cash inflows (Dividend) | 10.00 | 0.3079 | 10.00 | 3.08 |
Cash inflows (Price) | 10.00 | 0.3079 | 122.35 | 37.68 |
Current share price | 40.76 | |||
P10= D11/ke-g | ||||
P10 = 10*1.04/(12.5%-4%) | ||||
P10 = 10.4/(8.5%) | ||||
P10 = $122.35 |