Question

3. The last dividend paid by New Technologies was an annual dividend of $1.40 a share. Dividends for the next 3 years will be increased at an annual rate of 8 percent. After that, dividends are expected to increase by 3 percent each year. The discount rate is 16 percent. What is the current value of this stock

Answer 1

$12.60

Explanation:

The computation of the current value of the stock is shown below:-

= $1.40 × (1.08) ÷ 1.16 + 1.40 × (1.08)^2 ÷ (1.16)^2 + 1.40 × (1.08)^3 ÷ (1.16)^3 + 1.40 × (1.08)^3 × (1.03) ÷ (0.16 - 0.03) × (1.16)^3

= $1.3034 + $1.2136 + $1.1299 + $8.9520

= $12.60

Therefore for computing the current value of stock we simply solved the above equation.