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A company paid a dividend of $3.00 and expects to increase dividends by 18% for the next three years before leveling off at 6%.What should be the price of the stock if the required rate of return is 14%?
Price of stock should be $ 53.73
As per dividend discount model, current share price is the sum of present value of future dividends. | |||||||
Step-1:Present value of dividends of next 3 years | |||||||
Year | Dividend | Discount factor | Present value | ||||
a | b | c=1.14^-a | d=b*c | ||||
1 | $ 3.5400 | 0.8772 | $ 3.11 | ||||
2 | $ 4.1772 | 0.7695 | $ 3.21 | ||||
3 | $ 4.9291 | 0.6750 | $ 3.33 | ||||
Total | $ 9.65 | ||||||
Step-2:Present value of dividends after year 3 | |||||||
Present value | = | D3*(1+g)/(Ke-g)*DF3 | Where, | ||||
= | $ 44.08 | D3 | = | $ 4.9291 | |||
g | = | 6.0% | |||||
Ke | = | 14% | |||||
DF3 | = | 0.6750 | |||||
Step-3:Sum of present value of future dividends | |||||||
Sum | = | $ 9.65 | + | $ 44.08 | |||
= | $ 53.73 | ||||||
So, | |||||||
Price of stock is | $ 53.73 |