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A stock is expected to pay a dividend of $1.06 at the end of the year. The dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 7.7%. The required rate of return is 10.3%. What is the stock's current price?
Note: Enter your answer rounded off to two decimal points. Do not enter $ or comma in the answer box. For example, if your answer is $12.345 then enter as 12.35 in the answer box.
Solution:-
Current price of the stock using dividend discount model
Price = D1 / (r -g)
where D1 = expected dividend
r = required rate of return
g = growth rate
Price = $1.06 / (10.3% - 7.7%)
= $1.06 / (0.103 - 0.077)
= $1.06 / 0.026
= $40.76
Hence the stock's current price is 40.76 ( rounded of to two decimals and $ not entered)