Nonconstant Growth Stock Valuation Assume that the average firm in your company\

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Nonconstant Growth Stock Valuation

Assume that the average firm in your company's industry is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4% and that its dividend yield is 6%. Your company is about as risky as the average firm in the industry, but it has just successfully completed some R&D work that leads you to expect that its earnings and dividends will grow at a rate of 50% [D1 = D0(1 + g) = D0(1.50)] this year and 20% the following year, after which growth should return to the 4% industry average. If the last dividend paid (D0) was $2.5, what is the value per share of your firm's stock? Round your answer to the nearest cent. Do not round your intermediate computations.

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Explanation / Answer

Required rate of return = Growth rate + dividend yield

Required rate of return = 4% + 6% = 10%

Year 1 dividend = 2.5 * 1.5 = 3.75

Year 2 dividend = 3.75 * 1.2 = 4.5

year 3 dividend = 4.5 * 1.04 = 4.68

Price at year 2 = D1 / K - G

Price at year 2 = 4.68 / 0.1 - 0.04

Price at year 2 = 78

Value of share = 3.75 / ( 1 + 0.1) + 4.5 / ( 1 + 0.1)2 + 78 / ( 1 + 0.1)2

Value of share = 3.4091 + 3.719 + 64.463

Value of share = $71.6

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