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Q7. General Electric Corp. (GE) paid cash dividends totaling $0.57 per share in 2000. Over the...

Q7. General Electric Corp. (GE) paid cash dividends totaling $0.57 per share in 2000. Over the previous three years, GE's dividends grew at an annual rate of 15.4 per-cent. Assume that this growth rate will continue for five more years, after which dividend growth will revert to a normal annual rate of 8 percent into perpetuity. Also assume that the appropriate discount rate for GE is 11 percent. a. Compute the value of GE's stock at year-end 2000. b. The actual price of GE stock at year-end 2000 was $47.9375. Comparing this price to your calculation of GE's value in (a), was GE overpriced or underpriced at year-end 2000?

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a: Dividends for next 6 years are as below

Year Dividends
2001 0.6578
2002 0.7591
2003 0.8760
2004 1.0109
2005 1.1666
2006 1.2599

Horizon value at end of 2005 = D2006/(Required rate - growth)

= 1.2599/ (11%-8%)

=41.9959

Share price = discounted value of all the cash flows = $28.13

Since the market price is much higher, the stock is overpriced.

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Year Dividends Horizon value Netcash flow
2001 0.6578 0.6578
2002 0.7591 0.7591
2003 0.8760 0.8760
2004 1.0109 1.0109
2005 1.1666 41.9959 43.1624
2006 1.2599
Share price $28.13

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