Question

The next dividend payment by ASAP, Inc., will be $2.00 per share. The dividends are anticipated to maintain a 4.00% growth rate, forever. If ASAP stock currently sells for $14.75 per share, what is the required return?

Answer 1

r = 0.175593 or 17.5593% rounded off to 17.56%

Step-by-step explanation:

Using the constant growth model of dividend discount model, we can calculate the price of the stock today. The DDM values a stock based on the present value of the expected future dividends from the stock. The formula for price today under this model is,

P0 = D1 / (r - g)

Where,

• D1 is dividend expected for the next period /year

• g is the growth rate

• r is the required rate of return

Plugging in the values for D1, P0 and g, we can calculate the value of r to be,

14.75 = 2 / (r - 0.04)

14.75 * (r - 0.04) = 2

14.75r - 0.59 = 2

14.75r = 2 + 0.59

r = 2.59 / 14.75

r = 0.175593 or 17.5593% rounded off to 17.56%