Question

Asonia Co. will pay a dividend of $5.30, $9.40, $12.25, and $14.25 per share for each of the next four years, respectively. The company will then close its doors. If investors require a return of 9.8 percent on the company's stock, what is the stock price?

Answer 1

$31.68

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the stock price is shown below:

= Dividend for year 1 ÷ (1 + required return)^number of years + Dividend for year 2 ÷ (1 + required return)^ number of years + Dividend for year 3 ÷ (1 + required return)^ number of years + Dividend for year 4 ÷ (1 + required return)^ number of years

= $5.30 ÷ (1 + 9.8%) + $9.40 ÷ (1 + 9.8%)^2 + $12.25 ÷ (1 + 9.8%)^3 + $14.25 ÷ (1 + 9.8%)^4

= 4.82695810564663 + 7.79692170895252 + 9.25399090557962 + 9.80404969365523

= 31.681920413834

= $31.68