Question

Hot Wings, Inc., has an odd dividend policy. The company has just paid a dividend of $8.50 per share and has announced that it will increase the dividend by $6.50 per share for each of the next four years, and then never pay another dividend. Required: If you require a return of 16 percent on the company’s stock, how much will you pay for a share today

Answer 1

The correct answer is $65.90 (approx.)

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the scenario, computation of the given data are as follows:

Dividend paid = $8.50

Increase dividend = $6.50 per year

Require return = 16%

We can calculate the current share price by using following method:

=[($8.5 + $6.5) ÷ (1 + 16%)^1] + [($8.5 + $6.5 + $6.5) ÷ ( 1 + 16%)^2] +[($8.5 + $6.5 + $6.5 + $6.5) ÷ (1+16%)^3] + [($8.5 + $6.5+ $6.5 + $6.5 + $6.5) ÷ (1+16%)^4

= $15 ÷ 1.16 + $21.5 ÷ 1.16^2 + 28 ÷ 1.16^3 + 34.5 ÷ 1.16^4

= $65.90 (approx.)