If you look at stock prices over any year, you will find a high and low stock price for the year. Instead of a single benchmark PE ratio, we now have a high and low PE ratio for each year. We can use these ratios to calculate a high and a low stock price for the next year. Suppose we have the following information on a particular company over the past four years: Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 High price $ 99.70 $ 123.30 $ 132.70 $ 149.33 Low price 74.53 90.64 71.32 117.85 EPS 8.98 10.73 11.81 13.20 Earnings are projected to grow at 9 percent over the next year. a. What is your high target stock price over the next year? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

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If you look at stock prices over any year, you will find a high and low stock price for the year. Instead of a single benchmark PE ratio, we now have a high and low PE ratio for each year. We can use these ratios to calculate a high and a low stock price for the next year. Suppose we have the following information on a particular company over the past four years:

 

  Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
High price $ 99.70 $ 123.30 $ 132.70 $ 149.33
Low price 74.53 90.64 71.32 117.85
EPS 8.98 10.73 11.81 13.20

 

Earnings are projected to grow at 9 percent over the next year.

 

a.

What is your high target stock price over the next year? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

b. What is your low target stock price over the next year? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

 

 
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