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Expected Return If a company's current stock price is $25.80 and it is likely to pay a $1.55 dividend next year. Since analysts estimate the company will have a 12% growth rate, what is its expected return?
Here, we will use the Gordon model formula of share price as per below:
Share price = D1 / k -g
where, D1 is next years' dividend =$1.55, k is expected return,Share price = $25.8 and g is the growth rate = 12%
Now, putting the values in the above formula, we get,
$25.8 = $1.55 / k - 12%
k - 12% = $1.55 / $25.8
k - 0.12 = 0.06007751937
k = 0.6007751937 + 0.12
k = 0.18 or 18%
So, required return is 18%.