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The Miller Milk Company has just come up with a new lactose-free dessert product

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Question

The Miller Milk Company has just come up with a new lactose-free dessert product for people who can't eat or drink ordinary dairy products. Management expects the new product to fuel sales growth at 28% for about two years. After that competitors will copy the idea and produce similar products, and growth will return to about 5%, which is normal for the dairy industry in the area. Miller recently paid an annual dividend of $2.40, which will grow with the company. The return on stocks similar to Miller's is typically around 12%. What is the most you would pay for a share of Miller? Round PVF values in intermediate calcualtions to four decimal places. Round the answer to two decimal places. $

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

D0=$2.40

D1=2.40*(1.28)=3.072

D2=3.072*1.28=3.93216

D3=3.93216*1.05=4.128768

P2=D3/(Ke-g)

=4.128768/(0.12-0.05)

=58.9824

Calculation of NPV:

Discount rate 12% years Cash Flow ($) 1 3.072 2 62.91456 NPV $52.90