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Blasco just paid an annual dividend of $1.63 a share. What is one share of this stock worth to you if the dividends increase by 3 percent annually and you require a rate of return of 14 percent?
Information provided:
Annual dividend= $1.63
Dividend growth rate= 3%
Required rate of return= 14%
The stock price is calculated using the dividend discount model.
Price of the stock today=D1/(r-g)
where:
D1=next dividend payment
r=interest rate
g=firm’s expected growth rate
Price of the stock today= $1.63*(1 + 0.03)/ 0.14 – 0.03
= $1.6789/ 0.11
= $15.2627 $15.26.
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