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ABC, Inc. just paid a dividend of $1.2. The dividends are expected to grow at 5.09% each year forever. The required rate of return on the stock is 24.79%. What is today's price of the stock?
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When the cash flows are received forever, it is called as perpetuity, a growing perpetuity in this case.
Present value (Price of stock) of a growing perpetuity is given by,
PV =
where D1 is dividend next year
D1 = D0*(1+g)
where D0 is dividend just paid = 1.2
r is required rate of return or interest rate = 24.79%
g is growth rate = 5.09%
Therefore, PV =
= 1.2611/0.197
= 6.40