DRIPS. Western Railroad has a dividend reinvestment plan for shareholders. From 2010 to 2014, the company had the year-end share prices and the end-of-year annual dividends the popup window: If you started with 100shares of stock at $24.00 per share and participated fully in the DRIP, how many shares of stock would you have at the end of 20147 What would be the total value of your shares? How many shares of stock would you have at the end of 2014? shares (Round to two decimal places.) What would the total value of your shares be at the end of 2014? (Round to the nearest cent.)

Red, Inc., Yellow Corp., and BlueCompany each will pay a dividend of $2.35 next year. The growth rate in dividendsfor all three companies is 5 percent. The required return for each company’s stockis 8 percent, 11 percent, and 14 percent, respectively. What is the stock price foreach company? What do you conclude about the relationship between the requiredreturn and the stock price?

Iron Manufacturers made two announcements concerning its common stock today. First, the company announced that the next annual dividend will be $2.10 a share. Secondly, all dividends after that will increase by 2.5 percent annually. What is the maximum amount you should pay to purchase a share of this stock today if you require a 10 percent rate of return? Solve using Excel

Simtek currently pays a $3.5 dividend (D0) per share. Next year’s dividend is expected to be $4 per share. After next year, dividends are expected to increase at a 8 percent annual rate for 3 years and a 3 percent annual rate thereafter. Use Table II to answer the questions. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest cent. What is the current value of a share of Simtek stock to an investor who requires a 16 percent return on his or her investment?$   If the dividend in year 1 is expected to be $4 and the growth rate over the following 3 years is expected to be only 5 percent and then 3 percent thereafter, what will the new stock price be?$

ORcell Co. has the following dividend policy.  Next year, the company will pay a dividend of $3. In year 2 the company will pay a dividend of $2.75.  After year 2, the company expects to decrease its dividend at a constant rate of 3% per year indefinitely.  If the return required by share holders is 13%, what is the price of the stock today?  answer is 17.86

ORcell Co. has the following dividend policy.  Next year, the company will pay a dividend of $3. In year 2 the company will pay a dividend of $2.75.  After year 2, the company expects to decrease its dividend at a constant rate of 3% per year indefinitely.  If the return required by share holders is 13%, what is the price of the stock today? answer must be 17.86

First Bank's annual dividends are indicated below. Find the required rate of return for this stock, assuming the future dividend growth rate will remain the same and the company has an infinite horizon. Assume the January 1, 2011 price of the stock was $31.00. What was the required return for First Bank's stock? Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Dividend $0.85 $0.96 $1.01 $1.14 $1.20 $1.26 $1.42 $1.49 $1.68 $1.90 ..... What was the estimated annual required return for First Bank's stock? % (Round to two decimal places.)

(Related to Checkpoint​ 10.1)   ​(Common stock valuation​) Header​ Motor, Inc., paid a ​$2.83 dividend last year. At a constant growth rate of 3 ​percent, what is the value of the common stock if the investors require a 11 percent rate of​ return?       Question content area bottom Part 1 The value of the common stock is ​$enter your response here. ​(Round to the nearest​ cent.)

Dee's made two announcements concerning its common stock today. First, the company announced that the next annual dividend will be $1.81 a share. Secondly, all dividends after that will decrease by 2.81 percent annually. What is the value of this stock at a discount rate of 13.1 percent?

A stock currently pays a $3 dividend out of $9 of earnings (EPS). If earnings (EPS) are expected to be $9+1 next year and you expect the company to continue with the same payout policy, what will next year's dividend be?