Suppose you know that a company's stock currently sells for $53.47 per share and the required return on the stock is 8.5 percent. You also know that the total return on the stock is evenly divided between capital gains yield and dividend yield. If it's the company's policy to always maintaina constant growth rate in its dividends, what is the current dividend per share? Answer to two decimals.
Suppose you know that a company's stock currently sells for $53.47 per share and the required return on the stock is 8.5 percent. You also know that the total return on the stock is evenly divided between capital gains yield and dividend yield. If it's the company's policy to always maintaina constant growth rate in its dividends, what is the current dividend per share? Answer to two decimals.
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Transcribed Image Text:Suppose you know that a company's stock currently sells for $53.47 per share and the required
return on the stock is 8.5 percent. You also know that the total return on the stock is evenly divided
between capital gains yield and dividend yield. If it's the company's policy to always maintaina
constant growth rate in its dividends, what is the current dividend per share? Answer to two decimals.
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