Question

Suppose you know that a company’s stock currently sells for $66.70 per share and the required return on the stock is 12 percent. You also know that the total return on the stock is evenly divided between capital gains yield and dividend yield. Required: If it’s the company’s policy to always maintain a constant growth rate in its dividends, what is the current dividend per share?

Answer 1

$3.78

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of current dividend per share is shown below:-

Dividend yield = Capital gains yield

= (12% ÷ 2)

= 6%

Dividend yield = Annual Dividend for next year ÷ Current price

Annual Dividend for next year = ($66.7 × 6%)

= $4.002

So,

The Current dividend per share = Annual Dividend for next year × (1 + interest rate)

= $4.002 ÷ (1 + 0.06)

= $4.002 ÷ 1.06

= $3.78