Question

A stock sells for $12.36 a share and has a required return of 9 percent. Dividends are paid annually and increase at a constant 3 percent per year. What is the amount of the last dividend paid?

Answer 1

$0.72

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the amount of the last dividend paid is shown below:

Market price of a stock = Last dividend × (1 + growth rate) ÷ Required rate of return - growth rate

$12.36 = Last dividend × ( 1 + 0.03) ÷ 0.09 - 0.03

$12.36 = Last dividend × (1.03) ÷ 0.06

$12.36 × 0.06 = 1.03 × last dividend

$0.7416 = 1.03 × last dividend

So,

last dividend is

= $0.7416 ÷ 1.03

= $0.72