a) Ex-Dividend Price Company A has declared a dividend of $2.60 per share. Suppose capital gains are not taxed but dividends are taxed at 15 percent. New IRS regulations require that taxes be withheld at the time the dividend is paid. The stock closed at $36.80 per share today and the stock goes ex dividend tomorrow. What will be the ex-dividend price?
a) Ex-Dividend Price Company A has declared a dividend of $2.60 per share. Suppose capital gains are not taxed but dividends are taxed at 15 percent. New IRS regulations require that taxes be withheld at the time the dividend is paid. The stock closed at $36.80 per share today and the stock goes ex dividend tomorrow. What will be the ex-dividend price?
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Transcribed Image Text:a) Ex-Dividend Price
Company A has declared a dividend of $2.60 per share. Suppose capital gains are not
taxed but dividends are taxed at 15 percent. New IRS regulations require that taxes be
withheld at the time the dividend is paid. The stock closed at $36.80 per share today and
the stock goes ex dividend tomorrow. What will be the ex-dividend price?
b) Market value and homemade dividends
An investor own 100 shares of Firm X. The company will pay 0.50 per share this year
and final liquating dividend of $42 per share next year. The required return of this stock
is 14%.
Ignoring taxes, what is the current market value of one share of this stock?
What will the investor's homemade dividend per share be next year if they do not
want any dividend this year? (hint: buy shares with the dividends this year)
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