Question

Here are data on two stocks, both of which have discount rates of 8%: Stock A Stock B Return on equity 8 % 5 % Earnings per share $ 2.60 $ 1.80 Dividends per share $ 1.30 $ 1.30 a. What are the dividend payout ratios for each firm? (Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) b. What are the expected dividend growth rates for each stock? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) c. What is the proper stock price for each firm? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

a. What are the dividend payout ratios for each firm

Dividend payout ratio = Dividend / EPS

• Payout ratio stock A = $1.30 / $2.6 = 0.5= 50%

• Payout ratio stock B = $1.3 / $1.8 = 0.72222 = 72.22%

b. What are the expected dividend growth rates for each stock.

Growth rate = ROE × (1 - dividend payout ratio)

•Growth rate stock A = 0.08 × (1 - 50%) = 0.04 = 4%

• Growth rate stock B = 0.05 × (1 - 72.22%) = 0.01389 = 1.39%

c. What is the proper stock price for each firm

• Stock A

Price = D1 / (Re - g)

D1= $1.30 * (1 + 0.04)

= 1.352

Stock B

Price = D1 / (Re - g)

D1= $1.30 * (1 + 0.013)

= 1.3169

Therefore,

• Stock A's proper price = $1.352 / (0.08 - 0.04) = $33.8

• Stock B's proper price = $1.3169 / ($0.08 - $0.013) = $19.66