You’ve collected the following information from your favorite financial website.
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You’ve collected the following information from your favorite financial website.
Using the dividend yield, calculate the closing price for Candy Galore on this day. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Stock price $
Assume the actual closing price for Candy Galore was $29.02. Your research projects a 4.5 percent dividend growth rate for Candy Galore. What is the required return for the stock using the dividend discount model and the actual stock price? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Required return %
Yld % PE
Ratio Close
Price Net
Chg Hi Lo 77.40 10.43 Palm Coal .36 2.6 6 13.90 –.24 55.81 33.42 Lake Lead Grp 1.54 3.8 10 40.43 –.01 130.93 69.50 SIR 2.00 2.2 10 88.97 3.07 50.24 13.95 DR Dime .80 5.2 6 15.43 –.26 36.20 20.86 Candy Galore .44 1.5 28 ?? .18
Explanation / Answer
1.
Dividend yield = Dividend/Stock price
0.015 = 0.44/P0
P0 = $29.33
2.
Using dividend discount model,
Required return = (Dividend*(1+Growth rate))/Price + Growth rate
= (0.44*(1+0.045))/ 29.02 + 0.045 = 0.0608 = 6.08%
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