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Four years ago, Bling Diamond, Inc., paid a dividend of $2.65 per share. The firm paid a dividend of $3.07 per share yesterday. Dividends will grow over the next five years at the same rate they grew over the last four years. Thereafter, dividends will grow at 4 percent per year. What will the firm’s cash dividend be in seven years? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Cash dividend
Dividend in 7 years will be $ 3.99
Step-1:Growth rate of dividend over last 4 years | |||||||||
FV | = | PV | * | (1+g)^n | Where, | ||||
$ 3.07 | = | $ 2.65 | * | (1+g)^4 | FV | = | $ 3.07 | ||
1.158491 | = | (1+g)^4 | PV | = | $ 2.65 | ||||
1.158491 ^ (1/4) | = | 1+g | g | = | ? | ||||
1.037464 | = | 1+g | n | = | 4 | ||||
0.037464 | = | g | |||||||
So, dividend growth rate was 3.75%. | |||||||||
Step-2:Cash dividend in 7 years | |||||||||
Cash dividend in 7 years | = | D0*(1+g1)^5*(1+g2)^2 | Where, | ||||||
= | 3.07*(1+0.0375)^5*(1+0.04)^2 | g1 | = | 3.75% | |||||
= | $ 3.99 | g2 | = | 4% | |||||
$ 3.99 |