Fundamentals of Corporate Finance with Connect Access Card

11th Edition

ISBN: 9781259418952

Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Chapter 14, Problem 4QP

Estimating the DCF Growth Rate [LO1] Suppose Stark, Ltd., just issued a dividend of $2.08 per share on its common stock. The company paid dividends of $1.71, $1.82, $1.93, and $1.99 per share in the last four years. If the stock currently sells for $45, what is your best estimate of the company’s cost of equity capital using the arithmetic average growth rate in dividends? What if you use the geometric average growth rate?

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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance with Connect Access Card

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