You are considering the purchase of Yudee Ha, Inc. The firm just paid a dividend of P4.85 per share. The stock is selling for P135 per share. Security analyst agrees with top management in projecting steady growth of 11% in dividends and earnings ovewr the foreseeable future. Your required rate of return for stock of this type is 17.5%. If you were to purchase and hold the stock for three years, what would the expected dividends be worth today?

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  1. You are considering the purchase of Yudee Ha, Inc. The firm just paid a dividend of P4.85 per share. The stock is selling for P135 per share. Security analyst agrees with top management in projecting steady growth of 11% in dividends and earnings ovewr the foreseeable future. Your required rate of return for stock of this type is 17.5%. If you were to purchase and hold the stock for three years, what would the expected dividends be worth today?

 

2. Divergent, Inc. has a weighted average cost of capital of 11.5%. Its target capital structure is 55% equity and 45% debt. The company has sufficient retained earnings to fund the equity portion of its capital budget. The before-tax cost of debt is 9% and the company tax rate is 30%. If the expected dividend next period is P5 and the current stock price is P45, what is the company’s growth rate?

 

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