The Itsy Bitsy Spider Co. is a new firm in a rapidly growing industry. The company is planning on increasingits annual dividend by 25 percent a year for the next 3 years and then decreasing the growth rate to 4percent per year thereafter. The company just paid its annual dividend in the amount of $2.50 per share.What is the current value of one share of this stock if the required rate of return is 9 percent?

To calculate the current value of one share of Itsy Bitsy Spider Co. stock, we can use the dividend…

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