Question

Cold Goose Metal Works Inc. just reported earnings after tax (also called net income) of $95,000,000, and a current stock price of $14.75 per share. The company is forecasting an increase of 25% for its after-tax income next year, but it also expects it will have to issue 2,800,000 new shares of stock (raising its shares outstanding from 5,500,000 to 8,300,000). If Cold Goose’s forecast turns out to be correct and its price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio does not change, what does the company’s management expect its stock price to be one year from now? (Note: Round intermediate calculations to four decimal places. Round the expected stock price to two decimal places.)

Answer 1

$12.22 per share

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the stock price one year from now is shown below;

Current EPS = Net Income ÷ Number of shares

= $95,000,000/5,500,000

= $17.2727

Now

P/E Ratio = Market Price per share ÷ Earnings per share

= $14.75 ÷ 17.2727

= 0.8539 times

Now

Revised EPS = $95,000,000 × 1.25 ÷ 8,300,000

= $14.3072

So, the Price is

= 14.3072 × 0.8539

= $12.22 per share