Question

Metallica Bearings, Inc., is a young start-up company. No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next nine years because the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company will pay a dividend of $15 per share 10 years from today and will increase the dividend by 5 percent per year thereafter.

If the required return on this stock is 15 percent, what is the current share price?

Answer 1

$51.25

Step-by-step explanation:

P9 = Next dividend / Required rate r - Growth rate g

P9 = $15 / 14% - 5%

P9 = $15 / 9%

P9 = $166.67

Po = P9 / (1 - Required rate of return)^9

Po = $166.67 / (1 + 0.14)^9

Po = $166.67 / 3.2519

Po = $51.25

So, the current stock price is $51.25.