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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 11 years because the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company will pay a $12 per share dividend in 12 years and will increase the dividend by 4 percent per year thereafter. If the required return on this stock is 11 percent, the current share price is $_____________.

Metallica Bearings, Inc., is a young start-up company. No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next 11 years because the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company will pay a $12 per share dividend in 12 years and will increase the dividend by 4 percent per year thereafter. If the required return on this stock is 11 percent, the current share price is $_____________.

Explanation / Answer

price

at year 11

= 12/0.11-0.04

= 171.42857

price now = 171.42857/1.11^11


= 54.39