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Metallica Bearings, Inc., is a young start-up company. No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next nine years because the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company will pay a dividend of $20 per share 10 years from today and will increase the dividend by 4 percent per year thereafter. If the required return on this stock is 10 percent, what is the current share price?
| Required rate= | 10.00% | ||||||
| Year | Previous year dividend | Dividend growth rate | Dividend current year | Horizon value | Total Value | Discount factor | Discounted value |
| 1 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 1.21 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 1.331 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 1.4641 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 1.61051 | 0 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 1.771561 | 0 | |
| 7 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 1.9487171 | 0 | |
| 8 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 2.14358881 | 0 | |
| 9 | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 2.357947691 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 0.00% | 20 | 346.667 | 366.667 | 2.59374246 | 141.366 |
| Long term growth rate (given)= | 4.00% | Value of Stock = | Sum of discounted value = | 141.37 |
| Where | |||
| Total value = Dividend + horizon value (only for last year) | |||
| Horizon value = Dividend Current year 10 *(1+long term growth rate)/( Required rate-long term growth rate) | |||
| Discount factor=(1+ Required rate)^corresponding period | |||
| Discounted value=total value/discount factor | |||