Suppose you know that a company's stock currently sells for $78 per share and the required return on the stock is 10.9 percent. You also know that the total return on the stock is evenly divided between a capital gains yield and a dividend yield. If it's the company's policy to always maintain a constant growth rate in its dividends, what is the current dividend per share? Input area: Stock price Required return $78.00 10.90% (Use cells A6 to B7 from the given information to complete this question.) Output area: Dividend yield Next year's dividend Current dividend

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Suppose you know that a company's stock currently sells for $78 per share and
the required return on the stock is 10.9 percent. You also know that the total
return on the stock is evenly divided between a capital gains yield and
a dividend yield. If it's the company's policy to always maintain a constant
growth rate in its dividends, what is the current dividend per share?
Input area:
Stock price
Required return
$78.00
10.90%
(Use cells A6 to B7 from the given information to complete this question.)
Output area:
Dividend yield
Next year's dividend
Current dividend
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose you know that a company's stock currently sells for $78 per share and the required return on the stock is 10.9 percent. You also know that the total return on the stock is evenly divided between a capital gains yield and a dividend yield. If it's the company's policy to always maintain a constant growth rate in its dividends, what is the current dividend per share? Input area: Stock price Required return $78.00 10.90% (Use cells A6 to B7 from the given information to complete this question.) Output area: Dividend yield Next year's dividend Current dividend
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