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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 |