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Bond\'s Bait and Tackle, from problem 1, is expected to pay the following divide

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Question

Bond's Bait and Tackle, from problem 1, is expected to pay the following dividends over the next four years: $2.50, $1.25, $1.00, and $0.75. Beginning in year 5, Bond's expects to maintain a constant 5 percent growth rate in dividends forever. It the required rate of return on the stock is 10 percent, what is the current share price? Bond's Bait and Tackle, from problem 1, is expected to pay the following dividends over the next four years: $2.50, $1.25, $1.00, and $0.75. Beginning in year 5, Bond's expects to maintain a constant 5 percent growth rate in dividends forever. It the required rate of return on the stock is 10 percent, what is the current share price?

Explanation / Answer

Present value at year 4 = D1 / required rate - growth rate

Present value at year 4 = ( 0.75 * 1.05) / 0.10 - 0.05

Present value at year 4 = 0.7875 / 0.05

Present value at year 4 = 15.75

Present value today = 15.75 / ( 1 + 0.1)4

Present value today = 10.7575

Present value of year 4 dividend = 0.75 / ( 1 + 0.1)4 = 0.51226

Present value of year 3 dividend = 1 / ( 1 + 0.1)3 = 0.7513

Present value of year 2 dividend = 1.25 / ( 1 + 0.1)2 = 1.0331

Present value of year 1 dividend = 2.5 / ( 1 + 0.1 ) = 2.2727

Current share price = 2.2727 + 1.0331 + 0.7513 + 0.51226 + 10.7575

Current share price = $15.3269