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Lohn Corporation is expected to pay the following dividends over the next four years: $11, $8, $4, and $2. Afterward, the company pledges to maintain a constant 5 percent growth rate in dividends forever
. If the required return on the stock is 13 percent, what is the current share price?
Answer - Current share price = 36.10
Workings
Stock price today is the present value of all the dividends
We have to solve this question into two parts
Step 1 - Calculation of Stock price at the end of year 4 (S4) by calculating the discounted value at year 4 of all the dividends after 4th year
D5 = D4 * (1+g) = 2 * 1.05 = 2.1
S4 = Dividend for the 5th year (D5) / Required return - growth rate
S4 = 2.1 / 0.13-0.05 = 26.25
Step 2 Calculation of Present value of dividend for the 1st 4 years and S4
Year | Particulars | Amount | Present Value Factor @ 13% | Present Value |
1 | D1 | 11 | 0.8850 | 9.73 |
2 | D2 | 8 | 0.7831 | 6.27 |
3 | D3 | 4 | 0.6931 | 2.77 |
4 | D4 | 2 | 0.6133 | 1.23 |
4 | S4 | 26.25 | 0.6133 | 16.10 |
Stock Price today (S0) | 36.10 |