Ria recently started working at a financial institution. She has been advised of the importance of saving and the benefits of diversifying her investments. As such, she is considering investing in shares of Ohio Inc. Ohio Inc. just paid an annual dividend of $4.10 and has pledged to increase its dividend by 2.4% annually over the next five years. Thereafter it will maintain a constant 2.5% dividend growth rate annually. Ria’s required return is 15%. Required: Compute the price Ria should pay for a share of this stock today.

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Ria recently started working at a financial institution. She has been advised of the importance of saving and the benefits of diversifying her investments. As such, she is considering investing in shares of Ohio Inc.

Ohio Inc. just paid an annual dividend of $4.10 and has pledged to increase its dividend by 2.4% annually over the next five years. Thereafter it will maintain a constant 2.5% dividend growth rate annually. Ria’s required return is 15%.

Required: Compute the price Ria should pay for a share of this stock today. 

 

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Securities issued by Corporations are classified as either debt or equity securities. What are bonds classified as? and What is the main difference between debt and equity?

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