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Metallica Bearings, Inc., is a young start-up company. No dividends will be paid

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Question

Metallica Bearings, Inc., is a young start-up company. No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next eleven years, because the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company will then pay a dividend of $12.50 per share 12 years from today and will increase the dividend by 5.50 percent per year thereafter.

If the required return on this stock is 13.50 percent, what is the current share price?

Metallica Bearings, Inc., is a young start-up company. No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next eleven years, because the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company will then pay a dividend of $12.50 per share 12 years from today and will increase the dividend by 5.50 percent per year thereafter.

Explanation / Answer

g = 5.5%

r = 13.5 %


P12 = D12*(1+g)/(r-g) = 12.5/*(1.055)/(0.135 - 0.055) = $164.8438

P0 = 12.5/(1.135^12) + 164.8438/(1.135^12) = $38.80303