Transcript Chapter 1
Additional Problems with Answers Problem 1 Pricing constant growth stock, with finite horizon: The Crescent Corporation just paid a dividend of $2.00 per share and is expected to continue paying the same amount each year for the next 4 years. If you have a required rate of return of 13%, plan to hold the stock for 4 years, and are confident that it will sell for $30 at the end of 4 years, How much should you offer to buy it at today? 7-1 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Additional Problems with Answers Problem 2 Constant growth rate, infinite horizon (with growth rate estimated from past history: Using the historical dividend information provided below to calculate the constant growth rate, and a required rate of return of 18%, estimate the price of Nigel Enterprises’ common stock. 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 $0.35 $0.45 $0.51 $0.65 $0.75 $0.88 $0.99 $1.10 $1.13 $1.30 7-2 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Additional Problems with Answers Problem 3 Pricing common stock with multiple dividend patterns: The Wonder Products Company is expanding fast and therefore will not pay any dividends for the next 3 years. After that, starting at the end of year 4, it will pay a dividend of $0.75 per share to its common shareholders and increase it by 12% each year until it pays $1.50 at the end of year 10. After that it will pay $1.50 per year forever. If an investor wants to earn 15% per year on this investment, how much should he pay for the stock? 7-3 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Additional Problems with Answers Problem 4 Pricing non-constant growth common stock: The WedLink Corporation just paid a dividend of $1.25 to its common shareholders. It announced that it expects the dividends to grow by 25% per year for the next 3 years. Then drop to a growth rate of 16% for an additional 2 years. Finally the dividends will converge to the industry median growth rate of 8% per year. If investors are expecting 12% per year on WedLink’s stock, calculate the current stock price. 7-4 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Additional Problems with Answers Problem 5 (A) Pricing common stock with constant growth and finite life versus infinite life. The ANZAC Corporation plans to be in business for 30 years. They announce that they will pay a dividend of $3.00 per share at the end of one year, and continue increasing the annual dividend by 4% per year until they liquidate the company at the end of 30 years. If you want to earn a rate of return of 12% by investing in their stock, how much should you pay for the stock? 7-5 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Additional Problems with Answers Problem 5 (B) If the company was to announce that it would continue increasing the dividend at 4% per year forever, how much more would you be willing to pay for its stock, assuming your required rate of return is still 12%? 7-6 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.