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A stock is expected to pay the following dividends: $1.10 in 4 years, $1.70 in 5 years, and $1.75 in 6 years, followed by growth in the dividend of 5% per year forever after that point. There will be no dividends prior to year 4. The stock's required return is 11%. The stock's current price should be $_________.
* DO NOT ROUND INTERMEDIATE VALUES, NO CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN
* FINAL ANSWER IN DOLLARS, ROUNDED TO TWO DECIMAL PLACES
As per dividend discount model, current price of dividend is present value of future dividends. | |||||||||
Step-1:Present value of dividend of 6 years | |||||||||
Year | Dividend | Discount factor | Present value | ||||||
a | b | c=1.11^-a | d=b*c | ||||||
4 | $ 1.10 | 0.658731 | $ 0.72 | ||||||
5 | $ 1.70 | 0.593451 | $ 1.01 | ||||||
6 | $ 1.75 | 0.534641 | $ 0.94 | ||||||
Total | $ 2.67 | ||||||||
Step-2:Present value of dividends after year 6 | |||||||||
Present value | = | D6*(1+g)/(K-g)*DF6 | Where, | ||||||
= | $ 16.37 | D6 | $ 1.75 | ||||||
g | 5% | ||||||||
K | 11% | ||||||||
DF6 | 0.534641 | ||||||||
Step-3:Present value of all dividends | |||||||||
Present value of all dividends | = | $ 2.67 | + | $ 16.37 | |||||
= | $ 19.04 | ||||||||
The stock's current price should be $ 19.04 | |||||||||