Question

Fowler is expected to pay a dividend of $1.81 one year from today and $1.96 two years from today. The company has a dividend payout ratio of 40 percent and the PE ratio is 18.95 times. If the required return on the company's stock is 11.9 percent, what is the current stock price?

Answer 1

$77.34

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the current stock price is shown below:

But before that following calculations need to be done

EPS for year 2 = Dividend at year 2 ÷ Payout Ratio

= $1.96 ÷ 0.40

= $4.90

Now the price at year 2 is

Price at year 2 ÷ EPS at year 2 = PE ratio

Price at year 2 ÷ $4.90 = 18.95

Price at year 2 = $92.855

Now finally the current stock price is

= Dividend at year 1 ÷ (1 + rate of interest) + Dividend at year 2 ÷ (1 + rate of interest)^2 + Price at year 2 ÷ (1 + rate of interest)^2

= $1.81 ÷ 1.119 + $1.96 ÷ 1.119^2 + $92.855 ÷ 1.119^2

= $77.34